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PRAIRIE GOLDEN ASTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prairie golden aster mean? 

PRAIRIE GOLDEN ASTER (noun)
  The noun PRAIRIE GOLDEN ASTER has 1 sense:

1. hairy perennial with yellow flower heads in branched clusters; found almost everywhere in dry places from Canada to west central and western United States; sometimes placed in genus Chrysopsisplay

  Familiarity information: PRAIRIE GOLDEN ASTER used as a noun is very rare.


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PRAIRIE GOLDEN ASTER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Hairy perennial with yellow flower heads in branched clusters; found almost everywhere in dry places from Canada to west central and western United States; sometimes placed in genus Chrysopsis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chrysopsis villosa; hairy golden aster; Heterotheca villosa; prairie golden aster

Hypernyms ("prairie golden aster" is a kind of...):

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

Holonyms ("prairie golden aster" is a member of...):

genus Heterotheca; Heterotheca (genus of yellow-flowered North American herbs)


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