HULSEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hulsea mean? 

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

1. small genus of erect balsam-scented herbs; Pacific coast of the northwestern United States

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HULSEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of erect balsam-scented herbs; Pacific coast of the northwestern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Hulsea; Hulsea

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Hulsea"):

alpine gold; alpine hulsea; Hulsea algida (low tufted plant having hairy stems each topped by a flower head with short narrow yellow rays; northwestern United States)

dwarf hulsea; Hulsea nana (similar to but smaller than alpine hulsea)

Holonyms ("Hulsea" 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)