PILOSELLA AURANTIACA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pilosella aurantiaca mean? 

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

1. 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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PILOSELLA AURANTIACA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Hieracium aurantiacum; orange hawkweed; Pilosella aurantiaca

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

weed (any plant that crowds out cultivated plants)

Holonyms ("Pilosella aurantiaca" is a member of...):

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