echinacea
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• noun
A dietary supplement or herbal remedy prepared from the roots, leaves, or flowers of the echinacea plant, widely used in traditional and alternative medicine to stimulate the immune system and alleviate symptoms of the common cold.
"She started taking echinacea capsules and vitamin C at the first sign of a sore throat."
Any of various herbaceous perennial flowering plants of the genus Echinacea in the daisy family (Asteraceae), native to eastern and central North America and bearing large, showy daisy-like blossoms with drooping purple, pink, or white ray petals surrounding a prominent, spiny, cone-shaped central disk.
"The garden border was vibrant with blooming purple echinaceas that attracted dozens of butterflies and bees."
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