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ENCELIOPSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Enceliopsis mean?
• ENCELIOPSIS (noun)
The noun ENCELIOPSIS has 1 sense:
1. small genus of xerophytic herbs of southwestern United States
Familiarity information: ENCELIOPSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of xerophytic herbs of southwestern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Enceliopsis; genus Enceliopsis
Hypernyms ("Enceliopsis" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Enceliopsis"):
Enceliopsis nudicaulis; sunray (herb having a basal cluster of grey-green leaves and leafless stalks each with a solitary broad yellow flower head; desert areas Idaho to Arizona)
Holonyms ("Enceliopsis" 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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