SAUSSUREA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Saussurea mean? 

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

1. genus of herbs of temperate and cool regions of Eurasia

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAUSSUREA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of herbs of temperate and cool regions of Eurasia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Saussurea; Saussurea

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Saussurea"):

costusroot; Saussurea costus; Saussurea lappa (annual herb of the eastern Himalayas (Kashmir) having purple florets and a fragrant root that yields a volatile oil used in perfumery and for preserving furs)

Holonyms ("Saussurea" 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)