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PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Parthenium hysterophorus mean? 

PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS (noun)
  The noun PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS has 1 sense:

1. tropical American annual weed with small radiate heads of white flowers; adventive in southern United Statesplay

  Familiarity information: PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical American annual weed with small radiate heads of white flowers; adventive in southern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bastard feverfew; Parthenium hysterophorus

Hypernyms ("Parthenium hysterophorus" is a kind of...):

weed (any plant that crowds out cultivated plants)

Holonyms ("Parthenium hysterophorus" is a member of...):

genus Parthenium; Parthenium (small genus of North American herbs and shrubs with terminal panicles of small ray flowers)


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