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GENUS ONOPORDUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Onopordum mean?
• GENUS ONOPORDUM (noun)
The noun GENUS ONOPORDUM has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Eurasian herbs of the family Compositae with prickly foliage and large purplish flowers
Familiarity information: GENUS ONOPORDUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Eurasian herbs of the family Compositae with prickly foliage and large purplish flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Onopordon; genus Onopordum; Onopordon; Onopordum
Hypernyms ("genus Onopordum" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Onopordum"):
cotton thistle; Onopordon acanthium; Onopordum acanthium; Scotch thistle; woolly thistle (biennial Eurasian white hairy thistle having pale purple flowers; naturalized in North America)
Holonyms ("genus Onopordum" 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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