GENUS VERBESINA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Verbesina mean? 

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

1. herbs and shrubs of warm North America to Mexico; includes plants formerly placed in genus Actinomeris

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS VERBESINA (noun)

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Meaning:

Herbs and shrubs of warm North America to Mexico; includes plants formerly placed in genus Actinomeris

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Verbesina; Verbesina

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Verbesina"):

crown-beard; crown beard; crownbeard (any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads)

Holonyms ("genus Verbesina" 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)