OLEARIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Olearia mean? 

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

1. large genus of Australian evergreen shrubs or small trees with large daisylike flowers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OLEARIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large genus of Australian evergreen shrubs or small trees with large daisylike flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Olearia; Olearia

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Olearia"):

daisy-bush; daisy bush; daisybush (any of various mostly Australian attractively shaped shrubs of the genus Olearia grown for their handsome and sometimes fragrant evergreen foliage and profusion of daisy flowers with white or purple or blue rays)

Holonyms ("Olearia" 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)