PILOSELLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pilosella mean? 

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

1. genus of hairy perennial herbs with horizontal rhizomes and leafy or underground stolons; Eurasia and North Africa; often considered congeneric with Hieracium

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PILOSELLA (noun)

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Meaning:

Genus of hairy perennial herbs with horizontal rhizomes and leafy or underground stolons; Eurasia and North Africa; often considered congeneric with Hieracium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Pilosella; Pilosella

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Pilosella"):

hawkweed (any of various plants of the genus Pilosella)

Hieracium aurantiacum; orange hawkweed; Pilosella aurantiaca (European hawkweed having flower heads with bright orange-red rays; a troublesome weed especially as naturalized in northeastern North America; sometimes placed in genus Hieracium)

Holonyms ("Pilosella" 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)