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WHITE-TOPPED ASTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does white-topped aster mean? 

WHITE-TOPPED ASTER (noun)
  The noun WHITE-TOPPED ASTER has 1 sense:

1. herb having corymbose white-rayed flowers with scaly bracts and silky indehiscent fruitsplay

  Familiarity information: WHITE-TOPPED ASTER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WHITE-TOPPED ASTER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Herb having corymbose white-rayed flowers with scaly bracts and silky indehiscent fruits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("white-topped aster" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "white-topped aster"):

narrow-leaved white-topped aster (a variety of white-topped aster)

Holonyms ("white-topped aster" is a member of...):

genus Sericocarpus; Sericocarpus (small genus of herbs of the eastern United States: white-topped asters)


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