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HIERACIUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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 Pilosella
Synonyms:
genus Hieracium; Hieracium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Hieracium" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "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 ("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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