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ARCTIUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Burdock

Synonyms:

Arctium; genus Arctium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Arctium" is a kind of...):

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "Arctium"):

burdock; clotbur (any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs)

Holonyms ("Arctium" 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)

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