ercaulan

[Gr. erion=wool, and kaulos =the stalk of a plant. Named from the wooly scapes of some species.] Bot .: Pipewort. A genus of plants, the typical one of the order Eriocaulacese. The male flowers are chiefly in the center of the head, the outer perianth-segments sub spathulate, the stamens four to six. ěr-i-o-çě-phal-e-se, s. pl. [Mod. Lat. erioceph al ( us ), and Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -eœ.] Bot.: A sub-tribe of Asteraceæ, tribe Senecio nideæ. er-i-o-çeph-a-lus, s. [Greek erion =wool, and kephale the head.] Bot .: The typical genus of the sub-tribe Eriocephalese (q. v.). It contains some South African bushes greatly branched. dendron tree.]