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ARCTOTIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Herbs and subshrubs: African daisy
Synonyms:
Arctotis; genus Arctotis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Arctotis" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Arctotis"):
African daisy (any of several plants of the genus Arctotis having daisylike flowers)
Arctotis stoechadifolia; Arctotis venusta; blue-eyed African daisy (bushy perennial of South Africa with white or violet flowers; in its native region often clothes entire valley sides in a sheet of color)
Holonyms ("Arctotis" 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)
