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AUREOLARIA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small genus of North American herbs often root-parasitic and bearing golden-yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia
Synonyms:
Aureolaria; genus Aureolaria
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Aureolaria" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Aureolaria"):
Aureolaria pedicularia; false foxglove; Gerardia pedicularia (multi-stemmed North American annual having solitary axillary dark golden-yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia)
Aureolaria virginica; false foxglove; Gerardia virginica (sparsely branched North American perennial with terminal racemes of bright yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia)
Holonyms ("Aureolaria" is a member of...):
family Scrophulariaceae; figwort family; foxglove family; Scrophulariaceae (a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales; includes figwort and snapdragon and foxglove and toadflax and speedwell and mullein; in some classifications placed in the order Scrophulariales)
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