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SONCHUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sow thistles
Synonyms:
genus Sonchus; Sonchus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Sonchus" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Sonchus"):
milk thistle; sow thistle (any of several Old World coarse prickly-leaved shrubs and subshrubs having milky juice and yellow flowers; widely naturalized; often noxious weeds in cultivated soil)
Holonyms ("Sonchus" 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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