FILAGO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does filago mean? 

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

1. any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FILAGO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

cotton rose; cudweed; filago

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

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "filago"):

Filago germanica; herba impia ((literally an undutiful herb) a variety of cotton rose)

Holonyms ("filago" is a member of...):

genus Filago (genus of small woolly herbs)