HYPOCHAERIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hypochaeris mean? 

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

1. widely distributed genus of herbs with milky juice; includes some cosmopolitan weeds

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPOCHAERIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Widely distributed genus of herbs with milky juice; includes some cosmopolitan weeds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Hypochaeris; genus Hypochoeris; Hypochaeris; Hypochoeris

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Hypochaeris"):

California dandelion; capeweed; cat's-ear; gosmore; Hypochaeris radicata (European weed widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears)

Holonyms ("Hypochaeris" 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)