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HAWKBIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hawkbit mean? 

HAWKBIT (noun)
  The noun HAWKBIT has 1 sense:

1. any of various common wildflowers of the genus Leontodon; of temperate Eurasia to Mediterranean regionsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


HAWKBIT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various common wildflowers of the genus Leontodon; of temperate Eurasia to Mediterranean regions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hawkbit"):

arnica bud; fall dandelion; Leontodon autumnalis (fall-blooming European herb with a yellow flower; naturalized in the United States)

Holonyms ("hawkbit" is a member of...):

genus Leontodon; Leontodon (hawkbit)


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