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GENUS ECHINACEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Echinacea mean?
• GENUS ECHINACEA (noun)
The noun GENUS ECHINACEA has 1 sense:
1. small genus of North American coarse perennial herbs
Familiarity information: GENUS ECHINACEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of North American coarse perennial herbs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Echinacea; genus Echinacea
Hypernyms ("genus Echinacea" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Echinacea"):
coneflower (any of various perennials of the eastern United States having thick rough leaves and long-stalked showy flowers with drooping rays and a conelike center)
Holonyms ("genus Echinacea" 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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