TRAGOPOGON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tragopogon mean? 

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

1. genus of Old World herbs with linear entire leaves and yellow or purple flower heads

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRAGOPOGON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of Old World herbs with linear entire leaves and yellow or purple flower heads

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Tragopogon; Tragopogon

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Tragopogon"):

oyster plant; salsify; Tragopogon porrifolius; vegetable oyster (Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States)

goatsbeard; meadow salsify; shepherd's clock; Tragopogon pratensis (weedy European annual with yellow flowers; naturalized in United States)

Holonyms ("Tragopogon" 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)