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GENUS ASTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large genus of herbs widely cultivated for their daisylike flowers
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Aster" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Aster"):
aster (any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Aster" 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)
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