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AGERATINA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ageratina mean?
• AGERATINA (noun)
The noun AGERATINA has 1 sense:
1. annual to perennial herbs or shrubs of eastern United States and Central and South America
Familiarity information: AGERATINA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Annual to perennial herbs or shrubs of eastern United States and Central and South America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Ageratina; genus Ageratina
Hypernyms ("Ageratina" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Ageratina"):
Ageratina altissima; Eupatorium rugosum; white sanicle; white snakeroot (American herb having flat-topped clusters of small white flower heads; reputedly a cause of trembles and milk sickness; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium)
Holonyms ("Ageratina" 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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