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GENUS HIERACIUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Large genus of perennial hairy herbs of Europe to western Asia to northwestern Africa and North America; few are ornamental; often considered congeneric with Pilosellaplay

Synonyms:

genus Hieracium; Hieracium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Hieracium" is a kind of...):

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "genus Hieracium"):

hawkweed (any of numerous often hairy plants of the genus Hieracium having yellow or orange flowers that resemble the dandelion)

Hieracium praealtum; king devil; yellow hawkweed (European hawkweed introduced into northeastern United States; locally troublesome weeds)

Holonyms ("genus Hieracium" 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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