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MIKANIA

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Meaning:

Large genus of evergreen lianas of tropical America

Synonyms:

genus Mikania; Mikania

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "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 ("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)

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