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GENUS BELLIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Bellis mean?
• GENUS BELLIS (noun)
The noun GENUS BELLIS has 1 sense:
1. daisy
Familiarity information: GENUS BELLIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Daisy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Bellis; genus Bellis
Hypernyms ("genus Bellis" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Bellis"):
daisy (any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl)
Holonyms ("genus Bellis" 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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