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GENUS MIKANIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large genus of evergreen lianas of tropical America
Synonyms:
genus Mikania; Mikania
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Mikania" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Mikania"):
climbing boneset; climbing hemp-vine; climbing hempweed; Mikania scandens; wild climbing hempweed (herb of tropical America having vanilla-scented flowers; climbs up trees)
Holonyms ("genus Mikania" 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)
