GENUS COSMOS

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Meaning:

Genus of tropical American plants cultivated for their colorful flowers

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Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Cosmos"):

cosmea; cosmos (any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously colored flowers and pinnate leaves; popular fall-blooming annuals)

Holonyms ("genus Cosmos" 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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