DOG FENNEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dog fennel mean? 

• DOG FENNEL (noun)
  The noun DOG FENNEL has 2 senses:

1. weedy plant of southeastern United States having divided leaves and long clusters of greenish flowers

2. widespread rank-smelling weed having white-rayed flower heads with yellow discs

  Familiarity information: DOG FENNEL used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOG FENNEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Weedy plant of southeastern United States having divided leaves and long clusters of greenish flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

dog fennel; Eupatorium capillifolium

Hypernyms ("dog fennel" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Widespread rank-smelling weed having white-rayed flower heads with yellow discs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Anthemis cotula; dog fennel; mayweed; stinking chamomile; stinking mayweed

Hypernyms ("dog fennel" 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)

Holonyms ("dog fennel" is a member of...):

Anthemis; genus Anthemis (dog fennel)