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GENUS CHAENACTIS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of flowering herbs of western United States
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Chaenactis" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Chaenactis"):
chaenactis (any of several United States plants having long stalks of funnel-shaped white or yellow flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Chaenactis" 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)