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GENUS DIMORPHOTHECA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
South African herbs or subshrubs with usually yellow flowers
Synonyms:
Dimorphotheca; genus Dimorphotheca
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Dimorphotheca" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Dimorphotheca"):
cape marigold; star of the veldt; sun marigold (any of several South African plants grown for the profusion of usually yellow daisylike flowers and mounds of aromatic foliage)
Holonyms ("genus Dimorphotheca" 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)
