GENUS TAGETES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Tagetes mean? 

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

1. marigolds

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS TAGETES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Marigolds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Tagetes; Tageteste

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Tagetes"):

marigold (any of various tropical American plants of the genus Tagetes widely cultivated for their showy yellow or orange flowers)

Holonyms ("genus Tagetes" 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)