either of the two N American plants of the genus Echinacea, having flower heads with purple rays and black centres: family Compositae (composites)
coneflower
2.
the powdered root of either of these plants, used to stimulate the immune system
Word origin
from New Latin, from Latin echīnātus prickly, from echīnus hedgehog
Examples of 'purple coneflower' in a sentence
purple coneflower
Microorganisms differ in their resistance to purple coneflower oil.
Zahra Izadi, Ali Sorooshzadeh, Seyyed Ali Mohammad Modarres Sanavi, Mahmood Esna-Ashari,Poorandokht Davoodi 2014, 'Investigation on antimicrobial effects of essential oil of purple coneflower (Echinaceapurpurea L.) and identification of its chemical compounds', Iranian South Medical Journalhttp://ismj.bpums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-3-422&slc_lang=en&sid=1. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
An analysis of the literature data showed that purple coneflower could be infected by 10 viruses.
Dunich A. A., Mishchenko L. T. 2015, 'Purple coneflower viruses: species diversity and harmfulness', Biopolymers and Cellhttp://biopolymers.org.ua/pdf/31/1/015/. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)