acroclinium

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A generic name retained by florists for a composite plant from the Cape of Good Hope, more properly classed as Helipterum roseum. It has immortelle-like flowers, with scarious colored bracts.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun a genus of herbs and shrubs of Australia and Southern Africa, with an everlasting flower; most species are usually placed in genus Helipterum.

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• noun genus of herbs and shrubs of Australia and South Africa: everlasting flower; most species usually placed in genus Helipterum