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GENUS HELIANTHUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of tall erect or branched American annual or perennial herbs with showy flowers: sunflowers
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Helianthus" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Helianthus"):
helianthus; sunflower (any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays)
Holonyms ("genus Helianthus" 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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