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SNEEZEWEED
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various plants of the genus Helenium characteristically causing sneezing
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sneezeweed" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sneezeweed"):
autumn sneezeweed; Helenium autumnale (North American perennial with bright yellow late summer flowers)
Helenium hoopesii; orange sneezeweed; owlclaws (stout perennial herb of western United States having flower heads with drooping orange-yellow rays; causes spewing sickness in sheep)
Helenium puberulum; rosilla (a sneezeweed of southwestern United States especially southern California)
Holonyms ("sneezeweed" is a member of...):
genus Helenium; Helenium (genus of American herbs with flowers having yellow rays: sneezeweeds)
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