GENUS ERECHTITES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Erechtites mean? 

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

1. coarse herbs with whitish discoid flower heads and silky pappus

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ERECHTITES (noun)

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Meaning:

Coarse herbs with whitish discoid flower heads and silky pappus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Erechtites"):

Erechtites hieracifolia; fireweed (an American weedy plant with small white or greenish flowers)

Holonyms ("genus Erechtites" 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)