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PILOSELLA AURANTIACA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
European hawkweed having flower heads with bright orange-red rays; a troublesome weed especially as naturalized in northeastern North America; sometimes placed in genus Hieracium
Synonyms:
Hieracium aurantiacum; orange hawkweed; Pilosella aurantiaca
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Pilosella aurantiaca" is a kind of...):
weed (any plant that crowds out cultivated plants)
Holonyms ("Pilosella aurantiaca" is a member of...):
genus Pilosella; Pilosella (genus of hairy perennial herbs with horizontal rhizomes and leafy or underground stolons; Eurasia and North Africa; often considered congeneric with Hieracium)