GENUS ELEPHANTOPUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Elephantopus mean? 

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

1. perennial American herb

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ELEPHANTOPUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Perennial American herb

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Elephantopus; genus Elephantopus

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Elephantopus"):

elephant's-foot (any plant of the genus Elephantopus having heads of blue or purple flowers; America)

Holonyms ("genus Elephantopus" 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)