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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 regions
Familiarity information: HAWKBIT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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