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HETEROTHECA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Heterotheca mean?
• HETEROTHECA (noun)
The noun HETEROTHECA has 1 sense:
1. genus of yellow-flowered North American herbs
Familiarity information: HETEROTHECA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of yellow-flowered North American herbs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Heterotheca; Heterotheca
Hypernyms ("Heterotheca" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Heterotheca"):
Chrysopsis villosa; hairy golden aster; Heterotheca villosa; prairie golden aster (hairy perennial with yellow flower heads in branched clusters; found almost everywhere in dry places from Canada to west central and western United States; sometimes placed in genus Chrysopsis)
Holonyms ("Heterotheca" 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)
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