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BELLIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bellis mean? 

BELLIS (noun)
  The noun BELLIS has 1 sense:

1. daisyplay

  Familiarity information: BELLIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BELLIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Daisy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Bellis; genus Bellis

Hypernyms ("Bellis" is a kind of...):

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "Bellis"):

daisy (any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl)

Holonyms ("Bellis" 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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