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GENUS AMBERBOA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Amberboa mean?
• GENUS AMBERBOA (noun)
The noun GENUS AMBERBOA has 1 sense:
1. herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia cultivated for their flowers
Familiarity information: GENUS AMBERBOA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia cultivated for their flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Amberboa; genus Amberboa
Hypernyms ("genus Amberboa" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Amberboa"):
Amberboa moschata; Centaurea moschata; sweet sultan (Asian plant widely grown for its sweetly fragrant pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Centaurea)
Holonyms ("genus Amberboa" 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)
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