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GENUS EUPATORIUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large genus of chiefly tropical herbs having heads of white or purplish flowers
Synonyms:
Eupatorium; genus Eupatorium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Eupatorium" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Eupatorium"):
Eupatorium maculatum; Joe-Pye weed; spotted Joe-Pye weed (North American herb having whorled leaves and terminal clusters of small pinkish or purple flower heads)
agueweed; boneset; Eupatorium perfoliatum; thoroughwort (perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine)
Eupatorium purpureum; Joe-Pye weed; marsh milkweed; purple boneset; trumpet weed (North American herb having whorled leaves and terminal clusters of flowers spotted with purple)
Holonyms ("genus Eupatorium" 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)
