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SERRATULA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of Old World perennial herbs with spirally arranged toothed leaves
Synonyms:
genus Serratula; Serratula
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Serratula" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Serratula"):
sawwort; Serratula tinctoria (European perennial whose serrate leaves yield a yellow dye)
Holonyms ("Serratula" 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)