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GENUS DORONICUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Doronicum mean?
• GENUS DORONICUM (noun)
The noun GENUS DORONICUM has 1 sense:
1. genus of Eurasian perennial tuberous or rhizomatous herbs: leopard's bane
Familiarity information: GENUS DORONICUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of Eurasian perennial tuberous or rhizomatous herbs: leopard's bane
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Doronicum; genus Doronicum
Hypernyms ("genus Doronicum" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Doronicum"):
leopard's-bane; leopardbane (any of several herbs of the genus Doronicum having alternate often clasping stem leaves cultivated for their long stalks of yellow flower heads)
Holonyms ("genus Doronicum" 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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