GENUS ARNICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Arnica mean? 

• GENUS ARNICA (noun)
  The noun GENUS ARNICA has 1 sense:

1. large genus of herbs of north temperate and Arctic regions

  Familiarity information: GENUS ARNICA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ARNICA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large genus of herbs of north temperate and Arctic regions

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Arnica" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Arnica"):

arnica (any of various rhizomatous usually perennial plants of the genus Arnica)

Arnica cordifolia; heartleaf arnica (wildflower with heart-shaped leaves and broad yellow flower heads; of alpine areas west of the Rockies from Alaska to southern California)

Arnica montana (herb of pasture and open woodland throughout most of Europe and western Asia having orange-yellow daisylike flower heads that when dried are used as a stimulant and to treat bruises and swellings)

Holonyms ("genus Arnica" 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)