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CIRSIUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Plume thistles

Synonyms:

Cirsium; genus Cirsium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Cirsium"):

plume thistle; plumed thistle (any of numerous biennial to perennial herbs with handsome purple or yellow or occasionally white flower heads)

Holonyms ("Cirsium" 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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