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GENUS COTULA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cosmopolitan herbs especially southern hemisphere; many used as ground covers
Synonyms:
Cotula; genus Cotula
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Cotula" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Cotula"):
brass buttons; Cotula coronopifolia (South African herb with golden-yellow globose flower heads; naturalized in moist areas along coast of California; cultivated as an ornamental)
Holonyms ("genus Cotula" 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)