ERIGERON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Erigeron mean? 

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

1. cosmopolitan genus of usually perennial herbs with flowers that resemble asters; leaves occasionally (especially formerly) used medicinally

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ERIGERON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cosmopolitan genus of usually perennial herbs with flowers that resemble asters; leaves occasionally (especially formerly) used medicinally

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Erigeron; genus Erigeron

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Erigeron"):

fleabane (any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers; formerly believed to repel fleas)

Holonyms ("Erigeron" 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)