ECHINOPS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Echinops mean? 

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

1. genus of Mediterranean and Eurasian herbs: globe thistles

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ECHINOPS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of Mediterranean and Eurasian herbs: globe thistles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Echinops; genus Echinops

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Echinops"):

globe thistle (any of various plants of the genus Echinops having prickly leaves and dense globose heads of bluish flowers)

Holonyms ("Echinops" 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)