HAWK'S-BEARD

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Meaning:

Any of various plants of the genus Crepis having loose heads of yellow flowers on top of a long branched leafy stem; northern hemisphere

Synonyms:

hawk's-beard; hawk's-beards

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("hawk's-beard" is a kind of...):

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

Holonyms ("hawk's-beard" is a member of...):

Crepis; genus Crepis (hawk's-beard; cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere)