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Coneflower vs Echinacea - What's the difference?

coneflower | echinacea |

As nouns the difference between coneflower and echinacea

is that coneflower is any of several similar but unrelated flowering plants, of the genera genus: Dracopis, Echinacea, Rudbeckia, and genus: Ratibida, that have a cone-shaped disk of flowers while echinacea is any of several plants, of genus Echinacea, having pinkish-purple flowers.

coneflower

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of several similar but unrelated flowering plants, of the genera , that have a cone-shaped disk of flowers.

    • External links

    * ("coneflower" on Wikipedia)

    echinacea

    English

    (wikipedia echinacea)

    Noun

  • (countable) Any of several plants, of genus Echinacea , having pinkish-purple flowers.
  • (uncountable) A herbal medicine extracted from the roots and seeds of such plants.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-03
    • , author=David S. Senchina , title=Athletics and Herbal Supplements , volume=101, issue=2, page=134 , magazine= citation , passage=Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.}}

    Hyponyms

    * purple coneflower

    See also

    * coneflower