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GENUS MACHAERANTHERA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wildflowers of western North America
Synonyms:
genus Machaeranthera; Machaeranthera
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Machaeranthera" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Machaeranthera"):
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia; tahoka daisy; tansy leaf aster (wild aster with fernlike leaves and flower heads with very narrow bright purple rays; Alberta to Texas and Mexico)
Machaeranthera bigelovii; sticky aster (wild aster having leafy stems and flower heads with narrow bright reddish-lavender or purple rays; western Colorado to Arizona)
Machaeranthera tortifoloia; Mojave aster (wild aster having greyish leafy stems and flower heads with narrow pale lavender or violet rays; of rocky desert slopes California to Arizona and Utah)
Holonyms ("genus Machaeranthera" 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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