GENUS EMILIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Emilia mean? 

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

1. tropical African herbs

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS EMILIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical African herbs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Emilia; genus Emilia

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Emilia"):

Cacalia javanica; Cacalia lutea; Emilia coccinea; Emilia flammea; Emilia javanica; tassel flower (tropical African annual having scarlet tassel-shaped flower heads; sometimes placed in genus Cacalia)

Emilia sagitta; tassel flower (tropical Asiatic annual cultivated for its small tassel-shaped heads of scarlet flowers)

Holonyms ("genus Emilia" 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)