GENUS STEVIA

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Meaning:

Genus of shrubs and herbs of tropical and warm Americas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Stevia"):

stevia (any plant of the genus Stevia or the closely related genus Piqueria having glutinous foliage and white or purplish flowers; Central and South America)

Holonyms ("genus Stevia" 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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