echinacea /ek-i-nāˈsi-ə/ noun

1. A N American composite plant of the genus Echinacea
2. A herbal remedy prepared from it, thought to boost the immune system

echinate /ekˈin-āt/ or echinated /-id/ adjective

1. Prickly like a hedgehog
2. Bristly

Echīnocacˈtus noun

A large genus of ribbed, generally very spiny, cacti

echīnococcōˈsis noun

Hydatid disease

echīnococcˈus noun

The bladderworm stage (parasitic in cow, sheep, pig and man) of the dog tapeworm

echīˈnoderm noun (zoology)

Any one of the Echīnoderˈma or Echīnoderˈmata, a phylum of radially symmetrical marine invertebrates, with a hard body-wall strengthened by calcareous plates, and usually moving by tube-feet, including starfishes, sea-urchins, brittlestars, sea-cucumbers and sea-lilies

echinoderˈmal adjective

echinoderˈmatous adjective

echīˈnoid adjective

Like a sea-urchin

A sea-urchin

Echīnoidˈea plural noun

The sea-urchins, a class of Echinoderma

Echīnˈops noun (botany)

A genus of Compositae found in S Europe, the globe thistle, with flowers in globular clusters