Crossword-Solution: AGERATUM
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Ageratum | n. | A genus of plants, one species of which (A. Mexicanum) has lavender-blue flowers in dense clusters. |
We have 9 clues for the answer “AGERATUM”
| Clue | Answers |
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| An aster. | 1 answer |
| Border bloomer in a garden | 1 answer |
| Plant of the thistle or aster family. | 1 answer |
| Thistlelike flower. | 1 answer |
| tropical American plant with thick clusters of purplish-blue flowers | 1 answer |
| Border plant | 5 answers |
| Garden flower | 36 answers |
| ANNUAL plant | 53 answers |
| FLOWER variety | 70 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EARET
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greedy person
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Sentences with AGERATUM (5)
Roses, violets, honeysuckle, pansies, cosmos, phlox, balsams, sunflowers, zinnias, blue Michaelmas daisies, dianthus, nasturtiums, &c., are on common ground with purely tropical plants, while ageratum has become a pestiferous weed.
Such plants as geranium, coleus, alyssum, scarlet salvia, ageratum, and heliotrope may be used for these beds.
Some familiar examples of hardy annuals are sweet alyssum, ageratum, calendula, calliopsis, candytuft, Centaurea Cyanus, clarkia, larkspur, gilia, California poppy, morning-glory, marigold, mignonette, nemophila, pansy, phlox, pinks, poppies, portulaca, zinnia, sweet pea, scabiosa.
Our way lay first through some castor-oil plantations, and then along the side of a stream, fringed with rare ferns, scarlet begonias, and grey ageratum.
Almost all the bedding plants, like the geranium, begonia, ageratum, lobelia, etc., have white species.
Quotes with AGERATUM (1)
At first, he talked about the flowers in the garden behind his country house in Surrey. His voice still had its Midlands accent but was soft now and barely audible. He knew the plants by name and took a few minutes with each of them: ageratum, coreopsis, echinacea, rudbeckia. The yarrow, he said, had rose-red flowers on two-foot stems. Achillea millefolium, the plant Achilles used to heal wounds.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 6 times in crossword archives (1947–1983).