COTULA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cotula mean? 

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

1. cosmopolitan herbs especially southern hemisphere; many used as ground covers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• COTULA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cosmopolitan herbs especially southern hemisphere; many used as ground covers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cotula; genus Cotula

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Cotula"):

brass buttons; Cotula coronopifolia (South African herb with golden-yellow globose flower heads; naturalized in moist areas along coast of California; cultivated as an ornamental)

Holonyms ("Cotula" 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)