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HYPOCHOERIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hypochoeris mean?
• HYPOCHOERIS (noun)
The noun HYPOCHOERIS has 1 sense:
1. widely distributed genus of herbs with milky juice; includes some cosmopolitan weeds
Familiarity information: HYPOCHOERIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("Hypochoeris" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Hypochoeris"):
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 ("Hypochoeris" 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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