tassel flower

noun

1

: a tropical Asiatic annual herb (Emilia sagittata) sometimes cultivated for its small tassel-shaped heads of scarlet flowers

2

: prairie clover

3

: any of several plants of the genus Brickellia

especially : a perennial herb (B. umbellata) of the western U.S.

4

: love-lies-bleeding sense 1

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