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CROWN-BEARD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads
Synonyms:
crown-beard; crown beard; crownbeard
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("crown-beard" is a kind of...):
composite; composite plant (considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crown-beard"):
Actinomeris alternifolia; golden honey plant; golden ironweed; Verbesina alternifolia; wingstem; yellow ironweed (perennial herb with showy yellow flowers; the eastern United States)
butter daisy; cowpen daisy; golden crown beard; golden crownbeard; Verbesina encelioides; Ximenesia encelioides (coarse greyish-green annual yellow-flowered herb; southwestern United States to Mexico)
gravelweed; Verbesina helianthoides (perennial herb with yellow flowers; southern and south central United States)
frost-weed; frostweed; Verbesina virginica; Virginia crownbeard (tall perennial herb having clusters of white flowers; the eastern United States)
Holonyms ("crown-beard" is a member of...):
genus Verbesina; Verbesina (herbs and shrubs of warm North America to Mexico; includes plants formerly placed in genus Actinomeris)
