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PIQUERIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Piqueria mean?
• PIQUERIA (noun)
The noun PIQUERIA has 1 sense:
1. small genus of tropical American perennial herbs or subshrubs with white to pale yellow flowers; often included in genus Stevia
Familiarity information: PIQUERIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of tropical American perennial herbs or subshrubs with white to pale yellow flowers; often included in genus Stevia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Piqueria; Piqueria
Hypernyms ("Piqueria" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Piqueria"):
stevia (any plant of the genus Piqueria or the closely related genus Stevia)
Holonyms ("Piqueria" 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)
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