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GENUS PICRIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of weedy Old World yellow-flowered herbs usually containing a bitter-tasting substance: bitterweed
Synonyms:
genus Picris; Picris
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Picris" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Picris"):
bitterweed; bristly oxtongue; bugloss; oxtongue; Picris echioides (widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States)
Holonyms ("genus Picris" 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)
