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GENUS CIRSIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Cirsium mean? 

GENUS CIRSIUM (noun)
  The noun GENUS CIRSIUM has 1 sense:

1. plume thistlesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS CIRSIUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Plume thistles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cirsium; genus Cirsium

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Cirsium"):

plume thistle; plumed thistle (any of numerous biennial to perennial herbs with handsome purple or yellow or occasionally white flower heads)

Holonyms ("genus Cirsium" 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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