ANAPHALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Anaphalis mean? 

• ANAPHALIS (noun)
  The noun ANAPHALIS has 1 sense:

1. a genus of herbs of north temperate regions having hoary leaves: pearly everlasting

  Familiarity information: ANAPHALIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANAPHALIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of herbs of north temperate regions having hoary leaves: pearly everlasting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Anaphalis; genus Anaphalis

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Anaphalis"):

Anaphalis margaritacea; cottonweed; pearly everlasting (an American everlasting having foliage with soft wooly hairs and corymbose heads with pearly white bracts)

Holonyms ("Anaphalis" 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)