PICRIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Picris mean? 

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

1. genus of weedy Old World yellow-flowered herbs usually containing a bitter-tasting substance: bitterweed

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PICRIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of weedy Old World yellow-flowered herbs usually containing a bitter-tasting substance: bitterweed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Picris; Picris

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Picris"):

bitterweed; bristly oxtongue; bugloss; oxtongue; Picris echioides (widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States)

Holonyms ("Picris" 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)