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GENUS ERIGERON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Erigeron mean?
• GENUS ERIGERON (noun)
The noun GENUS ERIGERON has 1 sense:
1. cosmopolitan genus of usually perennial herbs with flowers that resemble asters; leaves occasionally (especially formerly) used medicinally
Familiarity information: GENUS ERIGERON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cosmopolitan genus of usually perennial herbs with flowers that resemble asters; leaves occasionally (especially formerly) used medicinally
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Erigeron; genus Erigeron
Hypernyms ("genus Erigeron" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Erigeron"):
fleabane (any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers; formerly believed to repel fleas)
Holonyms ("genus Erigeron" 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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