GENUS INULA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Inula mean? 

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

1. genus of Old World herbs or subshrubs: elecampane

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS INULA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of Old World herbs or subshrubs: elecampane

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Inula"):

inula (any plant of the genus Inula)

Holonyms ("genus Inula" 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)