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DIMORPHOTHECA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

South African herbs or subshrubs with usually yellow flowers

Synonyms:

Dimorphotheca; genus Dimorphotheca

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Dimorphotheca"):

cape marigold; star of the veldt; sun marigold (any of several South African plants grown for the profusion of usually yellow daisylike flowers and mounds of aromatic foliage)

Holonyms ("Dimorphotheca" 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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