GENUS DIMORPHOTHECA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Dimorphotheca mean? 

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

1. South African herbs or subshrubs with usually yellow flowers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS DIMORPHOTHECA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

South African herbs or subshrubs with usually yellow flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dimorphotheca; genus Dimorphotheca

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Dimorphotheca"):

cape marigold; star of the veldt; sun marigold (any of several South African plants grown for the profusion of usually yellow daisylike flowers and mounds of aromatic foliage)

Holonyms ("genus Dimorphotheca" 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)