crown beard
noun
Any of various plants of the American genus Verbesina (family Asteraceae (Compositae)), including herbaceous plants, shrubs and small trees.
- Perhaps so called from the bristly pappus of the achenes..
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Amos Eaton (1776–1842).
- mercury tilt switch
- mercury vapor light
- mercury vapor pump
- mercury vapor rectifier
- mercury vapor tube
- mercury vapour lamp
- mercury vapour light
- mercury vapour pump
- mercury vapour rectifier
- mercury vapour tube
- mercy
- mercy dash
- mercy-kill
- mercy killer
- mercy killing
- Mercy-seat
- merd
- merde
- mer de glace
- merdeka
- merdivorous
- merdle
- mere
- Meredithean
- Meredith, George