GENUS CHAENACTIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Chaenactis mean? 

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

1. genus of flowering herbs of western United States

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS CHAENACTIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of flowering herbs of western United States

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Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Chaenactis"):

chaenactis (any of several United States plants having long stalks of funnel-shaped white or yellow flowers)

Holonyms ("genus Chaenactis" 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)