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GENUS HELENIUM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of American herbs with flowers having yellow rays: sneezeweeds
Synonyms:
genus Helenium; Helenium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Helenium" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Helenium"):
sneezeweed (any of various plants of the genus Helenium characteristically causing sneezing)
Holonyms ("genus Helenium" 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)