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PILOSELLA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of hairy perennial herbs with horizontal rhizomes and leafy or underground stolons; Eurasia and North Africa; often considered congeneric with Hieracium
Synonyms:
genus Pilosella; Pilosella
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Pilosella" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Pilosella"):
hawkweed (any of various plants of the genus Pilosella)
Hieracium aurantiacum; orange hawkweed; Pilosella aurantiaca (European hawkweed having flower heads with bright orange-red rays; a troublesome weed especially as naturalized in northeastern North America; sometimes placed in genus Hieracium)
Holonyms ("Pilosella" 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)
