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ANAPHALIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of herbs of north temperate regions having hoary leaves: pearly everlasting
Synonyms:
Anaphalis; genus Anaphalis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Anaphalis" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Anaphalis"):
Anaphalis margaritacea; cottonweed; pearly everlasting (an American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts)
Holonyms ("Anaphalis" is a member of...):
aster family; Asteraceae; Compositae; family Asteraceae; family Compositae (plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia)
