HAPLOPAPPUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Haplopappus mean? 

• HAPLOPAPPUS (noun)
  The noun HAPLOPAPPUS has 1 sense:

1. genus of North and South American perennial herbs or shrubs with yellow flowers; in some classifications include species placed in other genera especially Hazardia

  Familiarity information: HAPLOPAPPUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAPLOPAPPUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Genus of North and South American perennial herbs or shrubs with yellow flowers; in some classifications include species placed in other genera especially Hazardia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Haplopappus; Haplopappus

Hypernyms ("Haplopappus" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "Haplopappus"):

goldenbush (a plant of the genus Haplopappus)

camphor daisy; Haplopappus phyllocephalus (annual of southern United States and Mexico having bristly leaves and pale yellow flowers)

Haplopappus spinulosus; yellow spiny daisy (slender perennial of western North America having weakly bristly leaves and yellow flower heads)

Holonyms ("Haplopappus" 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)