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GENUS SERRATULA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Serratula mean?
• GENUS SERRATULA (noun)
The noun GENUS SERRATULA has 1 sense:
1. genus of Old World perennial herbs with spirally arranged toothed leaves
Familiarity information: GENUS SERRATULA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of Old World perennial herbs with spirally arranged toothed leaves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Serratula; Serratula
Hypernyms ("genus Serratula" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Serratula"):
sawwort; Serratula tinctoria (European perennial whose serrate leaves yield a yellow dye)
Holonyms ("genus Serratula" 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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