in antiquity, an ornament of hair worn by the women. Its form was that of a corymbus.

in botany: A genus of the monogamia order, belonging to the syngenesia class of plants; and in the natural method ranking under the 49th order, Compositæ. The calyx is diphyllous, uniflorous, and prismatical; the corolla monopetalous and regular; there is one woolly seed below each floret.