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LIATRIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Genus of perennial North American herbs with aromatic usually cormous roots

Synonyms:

genus Liatris; Liatris

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Liatris"):

blazing star; button snakeroot; gay-feather; gayfeather; snakeroot (any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads)

Holonyms ("Liatris" 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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