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GENUS HELICHRYSUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Helichrysum mean?
• GENUS HELICHRYSUM (noun)
The noun GENUS HELICHRYSUM has 1 sense:
1. large genus of mostly African and Australian herbs and shrubs: everlasting flowers; in some classifications includes genus Ozothamnus
Familiarity information: GENUS HELICHRYSUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large genus of mostly African and Australian herbs and shrubs: everlasting flowers; in some classifications includes genus Ozothamnus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Helichrysum; Helichrysum
Hypernyms ("genus Helichrysum" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Holonyms ("genus Helichrysum" 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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