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HAZARDIA

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(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small genus of shrubs and subshrubs of western United States having flowers that change color as they mature

Synonyms:

genus Hazardia; Hazardia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Hazardia" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "Hazardia"):

Hazardia cana; hoary golden bush (western American shrubs having white felted foliage and yellow flowers that become red-purple)

Holonyms ("Hazardia" 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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