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GENUS DAHLIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of perennial tuberous plants of Mexico and Central America
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Dahlia" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Dahlia"):
dahlia; Dahlia pinnata (any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads; native to the mountains of Mexico and Central America and Colombia)
Holonyms ("genus Dahlia" 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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