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Echinacea

Echinacea

7 8.2
A tall garden herb with purple cone-shaped flowers often used to help the immune system
  • noun
  • /ˌɛkɪˈneɪʃə/
  • Specialized
translation icon : equinácea
  • I always take 2000 mg of echinacea.
  • echinacea, an herb
  • echinacea boosts the immune
  • echinacea tincture

When you can start doing the apple cider vinegar and the echinacea both, that's going to really improve and speed up your lymphatic drainage.

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Examples

  • The echinacea seedheads are just as beautiful as the flowers.

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  • Another example: Suppose you use an over-the-counter product like echinacea for the common cold.

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  • I need echinacea right away.

  • And see if we got any echinacea.

  • First up, we have Echinacea throat spray.

  • You need echinacea?

  • Echinacea and goldenseal.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • When you can start doing the apple cider vinegar and the echinacea both, that's going to really improve and speed up your lymphatic drainage.

  • Keep your immune system strong, get your vitamins, antioxidants, Vitamin D, essential fatty acids (Omega 3-6-9), ginger syrup, echinacea, and chicken soup.

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  • Echinacea is often used in herbal medicine for its immune-boosting properties.

Synonyms

genus Echinacea
vsEchinacea
  • Specialized
6.6

A group of rough, long-lived plants from North America with daisy-like flowers used in medicine

focuses on immune-boosting properties specifically

Compounds

Echinacea purpurea
  • Specialized
7.2

A flowering plant with purple cone shaped petals often grown in gardens to attract bees

A herbal supplement made from the purple coneflower used to help prevent colds

genus Echinacea
  • Specialized
6.6

A group of rough, long-lived plants from North America with daisy-like flowers used in medicine

Surface Forms

Echinacea singular
Echinaceas plural

Etymology

Echinacea comes from the Greek word echinos, which means 'hedgehog' or 'sea urchin' because the flower's middle is spiky like those animals. That's why the name fits these spiky purple herbs often used in herbal medicine.