GENUS HAASTIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Haastia mean? 

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

1. genus of New Zealand mat-forming herbs or subshrubs: vegetable sheep

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS HAASTIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of New Zealand mat-forming herbs or subshrubs: vegetable sheep

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Haastia; Haastia

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Haastia"):

Haastia pulvinaris; sheep plant; vegetable sheep (cushion-forming New Zealand herb having leaves densely covered with tawny hairs)

Holonyms ("genus Haastia" 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)