CREPIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Crepis mean? 

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

1. hawk's-beard; cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CREPIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hawk's-beard; cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Crepis; genus Crepis

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Crepis"):

hawk's-beard; hawk's-beards (any of various plants of the genus Crepis having loose heads of yellow flowers on top of a long branched leafy stem; northern hemisphere)

Holonyms ("Crepis" 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)