TOWNSENDIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Townsendia mean? 

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

1. genus of western American low tufted herbs: Easter daisy

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOWNSENDIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of western American low tufted herbs: Easter daisy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Townsendia; Townsendia

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Townsendia"):

Easter daisy; stemless daisy; Townsendia Exscapa (dwarf tufted nearly stemless herb having a rosette of woolly leaves and large white-rayed flower heads and bristly achenes; central Canada and United States west to Arizona)

Holonyms ("Townsendia" 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)