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GENUS CONYZA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Conyza mean?
• GENUS CONYZA (noun)
The noun GENUS CONYZA has 1 sense:
1. common American weed or wildflower
Familiarity information: GENUS CONYZA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common American weed or wildflower
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Conyza; genus Conyza
Hypernyms ("genus Conyza" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Conyza"):
Canadian fleabane; Conyza canadensis; Erigeron canadensis; fleabane; horseweed (common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron)
Holonyms ("genus Conyza" 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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