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GENUS LEONTOPODIUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Edelweiss

Synonyms:

genus Leontopodium; Leontopodium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Leontopodium" is a kind of...):

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "genus Leontopodium"):

edelweiss; Leontopodium alpinum (alpine perennial plant native to Europe having leaves covered with whitish down and small flower heads held in stars of glistening whitish bracts)

Holonyms ("genus Leontopodium" 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)

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