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PIQUERIA

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Meaning:

Small genus of tropical American perennial herbs or subshrubs with white to pale yellow flowers; often included in genus Stevia

Synonyms:

genus Piqueria; Piqueria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Piqueria"):

stevia (any plant of the genus Piqueria or the closely related genus Stevia)

Holonyms ("Piqueria" 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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