SERRATULA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Serratula mean? 

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

1. genus of Old World perennial herbs with spirally arranged toothed leaves

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SERRATULA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of Old World perennial herbs with spirally arranged toothed leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Serratula; Serratula

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Serratula"):

sawwort; Serratula tinctoria (European perennial whose serrate leaves yield a yellow dye)

Holonyms ("Serratula" 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)