GENUS LEONTODON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Leontodon mean? 

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

1. hawkbit

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS LEONTODON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hawkbit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Leontodon; Leontodon

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Leontodon"):

hawkbit (any of various common wildflowers of the genus Leontodon; of temperate Eurasia to Mediterranean regions)

Holonyms ("genus Leontodon" 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)