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GNAPHALIUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large widely distributed genus of coarse hairy herbs with whitish involucres
Synonyms:
genus Gnaphalium; Gnaphalium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Gnaphalium" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Gnaphalium"):
cudweed (any of numerous plants of the genus Gnaphalium having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color)
Holonyms ("Gnaphalium" 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)