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black cosmos

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noun

  1. a garden plant, Cosmos diversifolius, of Mexico, having small, dahlialike tubers and solitary flower heads with red disk flowers and velvety, dark-red or purplish ray flowers.

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P-Funk’s songs and album sleeves sketched out an extended, predominantly black cosmos of heroes and villains.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 2, 2018

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