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GENUS CATANANCHE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of Mediterranean herbs: cupid's dart
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Catananche" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Catananche"):
catananche (any of several plants of the genus Catananche having long-stalked heads of blue or yellow flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Catananche" 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)