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GENUS CRASPEDIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Craspedia mean?
• GENUS CRASPEDIA (noun)
The noun GENUS CRASPEDIA has 1 sense:
1. herbs of Australia and New Zealand
Familiarity information: GENUS CRASPEDIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Herbs of Australia and New Zealand
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Craspedia; genus Craspedia
Hypernyms ("genus Craspedia" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Craspedia"):
billy buttons (any of various plants of the genus Craspedia grown for their downy foliage and globose heads of golden flowers; Australia and New Zealand)
Holonyms ("genus Craspedia" 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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