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GENUS FROELICHIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of erect or procumbent herbs of the Americas having spikes of woolly white flowers: cottonweed
Synonyms:
Froelichia; genus Froelichia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Froelichia" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Meronyms (members of "genus Froelichia"):
cottonweed (any of various plants of the genus Froelichia found in sandy soils and on rocky slopes in warmer regions of America; grown for their spikes of woolly white flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Froelichia" is a member of...):
amaranth family; Amaranthaceae; family Amaranthaceae (cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs)
