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GENUS ENGELMANNIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Engelmannia mean?
• GENUS ENGELMANNIA (noun)
The noun GENUS ENGELMANNIA has 1 sense:
1. one species: North American herbs that resemble sunflowers
Familiarity information: GENUS ENGELMANNIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One species: North American herbs that resemble sunflowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Engelmannia" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Engelmannia"):
engelmannia (common erect hairy perennial of plains and prairies of southern and central United States having flowers that resemble sunflowers)
Holonyms ("genus Engelmannia" 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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