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GENUS STEVIA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of shrubs and herbs of tropical and warm Americas
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Stevia" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Stevia"):
stevia (any plant of the genus Stevia or the closely related genus Piqueria having glutinous foliage and white or purplish flowers; Central and South America)
Holonyms ("genus Stevia" 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)