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GENUS ENCELIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of shrubs of southwestern United States and Mexico: brittlebush
Synonyms:
Encelia; genus Encelia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Encelia" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Encelia"):
brittle bush; brittlebush; Encelia farinosa; incienso (fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine)
Holonyms ("genus Encelia" 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)
