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PIQUERIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of tropical American perennial herbs or subshrubs with white to pale yellow flowers; often included in genus Stevia
Synonyms:
genus Piqueria; Piqueria
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Piqueria" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Piqueria"):
stevia (any plant of the genus Piqueria or the closely related genus Stevia)
Holonyms ("Piqueria" 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)