GENUS GEREA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Gerea mean? 

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

1. small genus of hairy herbs with yellow flowers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS GEREA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of hairy herbs with yellow flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Gerea; Gerea

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Gerea"):

desert sunflower; Gerea canescens (slender hairy plant with few leaves and golden-yellow flower heads; sandy desert areas of southeastern California to southwestern Utah and western Arizona and northwestern Mexico)

Holonyms ("genus Gerea" 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)