GENUS CATANANCHE

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Meaning:

Genus of Mediterranean herbs: cupid's dart

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Catananche" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Catananche"):

catananche (any of several plants of the genus Catananche having long-stalked heads of blue or yellow flowers)

Holonyms ("genus Catananche" 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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