CROWNBEARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crownbeard mean? 

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

1. any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CROWNBEARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

crown-beard; crown beard; crownbeard

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

composite; composite plant (considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crownbeard"):

Actinomeris alternifolia; golden honey plant; golden ironweed; Verbesina alternifolia; wingstem; yellow ironweed (perennial herb with showy yellow flowers; the eastern United States)

butter daisy; cowpen daisy; golden crown beard; golden crownbeard; Verbesina encelioides; Ximenesia encelioides (coarse greyish-green annual yellow-flowered herb; southwestern United States to Mexico)

gravelweed; Verbesina helianthoides (perennial herb with yellow flowers; southern and south central United States)

frost-weed; frostweed; Verbesina virginica; Virginia crownbeard (tall perennial herb having clusters of white flowers; the eastern United States)

Holonyms ("crownbeard" is a member of...):

genus Verbesina; Verbesina (herbs and shrubs of warm North America to Mexico; includes plants formerly placed in genus Actinomeris)