BIDENS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bidens mean? 

• BIDENS (noun)
  The noun BIDENS has 1 sense:

1. bur marigolds

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BIDENS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bur marigolds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Bidens; genus Bidens

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Bidens"):

beggar's-ticks; beggar-ticks; bur marigold; burr marigold; sticktight (any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing)

Holonyms ("Bidens" 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)