ONOPORDUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Onopordum mean? 

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

1. a genus of Eurasian herbs of the family Compositae with prickly foliage and large purplish flowers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ONOPORDUM (noun)

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Meaning:

A genus of Eurasian herbs of the family Compositae with prickly foliage and large purplish flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Onopordon; genus Onopordum; Onopordon; Onopordum

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Onopordum"):

cotton thistle; Onopordon acanthium; Onopordum acanthium; Scotch thistle; woolly thistle (biennial Eurasian white hairy thistle having pale purple flowers; naturalized in North America)

Holonyms ("Onopordum" 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)