PULICARIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pulicaria mean? 

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

1. genus of temperate Old World herbs: fleabane

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PULICARIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of temperate Old World herbs: fleabane

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Pulicaria; Pulicaria

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Pulicaria"):

feabane mullet; fleabane; Pulicaria dysenterica (hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas)

Holonyms ("Pulicaria" 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)