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GENUS AGERATINA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Annual to perennial herbs or shrubs of eastern United States and Central and South America
Synonyms:
Ageratina; genus Ageratina
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Ageratina" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Ageratina"):
Ageratina altissima; Eupatorium rugosum; white sanicle; white snakeroot (American herb having flat-topped clusters of small white flower heads; reputedly a cause of trembles and milk sickness; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium)
Holonyms ("genus Ageratina" 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)