NABALUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Nabalus mean? 

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

1. genus of North American and east Asian perennial herbs; sometimes included in genus Prenanthes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NABALUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Genus of North American and east Asian perennial herbs; sometimes included in genus Prenanthes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Nabalus; Nabalus

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Nabalus"):

rattlesnake root (a plant of the genus Nabalus)

cankerweed; Nabalus alba; Prenanthes alba; white lettuce (herb of northeastern North America having drooping clusters of yellowish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes)

gall of the earth; lion's foot; Nabalus serpentarius; Prenanthes serpentaria (common perennial herb widely distributed in the southern and eastern United States having drooping clusters of pinkish flowers and thick basal leaves suggesting a lion's foot in shape; sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes)

Holonyms ("Nabalus" 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)