RUDBECKIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rudbeckia mean? 

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

1. North American perennial herbs with showy cone-shaped flower heads

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RUDBECKIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

North American perennial herbs with showy cone-shaped flower heads

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Rudbeckia; Rudbeckia

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Rudbeckia"):

coneflower (any of various plants of the genus Rudbeckia cultivated for their large usually yellow daisies with prominent central cones)

black-eyed Susan; Rudbeckia hirta; Rudbeckia serotina (the state flower of Maryland; of central and southeastern United States; having daisylike flowers with dark centers and yellow to orange rays)

cutleaved coneflower; Rudbeckia laciniata (tall leafy plant with erect branches ending in large yellow flower heads with downward-arching rays; grow in Rocky Mountains south to Arizona and east to the Atlantic coast)

double gold; golden glow; hortensia; Rudbeckia laciniata hortensia (very tall branching herb with showy much-doubled yellow flower heads)

Holonyms ("Rudbeckia" 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)