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GENUS LASTHENIA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small genus of herbs of Pacific coast of North and South America
Synonyms:
genus Lasthenia; Lasthenia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Lasthenia" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Lasthenia"):
goldfields; Lasthenia chrysostoma (small slender woolly annual with very narrow opposite leaves and branches bearing solitary golden-yellow flower heads; southwestern Oregon to Baja California and Arizona; often cultivated)
Holonyms ("genus Lasthenia" 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)
