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CREPIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hawk's-beard; cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere
Synonyms:
Crepis; genus Crepis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Crepis" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Crepis"):
hawk's-beard; hawk's-beards (any of various plants of the genus Crepis having loose heads of yellow flowers on top of a long branched leafy stem; northern hemisphere)
Holonyms ("Crepis" 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)