Cosmos
See also: cosmos
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “order”). Named by botanist Antonio José Cavanilles (1745-1804).[1][2]
Proper noun edit
Cosmos m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – several American flowering plants.
Hypernyms edit
- (tribe): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II – clades; Asterales – order; Asteraceae - family
Hyponyms edit
- (tribe): For species see
Cosmos (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References edit
- ^ Hyam, Roger & Pankhurst, Richard, Plants and their Names. A Concise Dictionary, Oxford University Press, US, 1995.
- ^ Erhardt, Walter & Götz, Erich & Bödeker, Nils & Seybold, Siegmund, Zander. Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen. Dictionary of plant names. Dictionnaire des noms de plantes, Ulmer, 2000.
Further reading edit
- Cosmos (flower) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cosmos on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Cosmos on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English edit
Proper noun edit
Cosmos
- A city in Minnesota.