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GENUS BRACHYCOME
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mostly Australian herbs having basal or alternate leaves and loosely corymbose flower heads
Synonyms:
Brachycome; genus Brachycome
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Brachycome" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Brachycome"):
Brachycome Iberidifolia; Swan River daisy (western Australian annual much cultivated for its flower heads with white or bluish to violet or variegated rays)
Holonyms ("genus Brachycome" 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)