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GENUS CHRYSANTHEMUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Chrysanthemum mean? 

GENUS CHRYSANTHEMUM (noun)
  The noun GENUS CHRYSANTHEMUM has 1 sense:

1. in some classifications many plants usually assigned to the genus Chrysanthemum have been divided among other genera: e.g. Argyranthemum; Dendranthema; Leucanthemum; Tanacetumplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS CHRYSANTHEMUM used as a noun is very rare.


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GENUS CHRYSANTHEMUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

In some classifications many plants usually assigned to the genus Chrysanthemum have been divided among other genera: e.g. Argyranthemum; Dendranthema; Leucanthemum; Tanacetum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Chrysanthemum" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Chrysanthemum"):

Chrysanthemum segetum; corn marigold; field marigold (European herb with bright yellow flowers; a common weed in grain fields)

Chrysanthemum coronarium; crown daisy (shrubby annual of the Mediterranean region with yellowish-white flowers)

chop-suey greens; Chrysanthemum coronarium spatiosum; shun giku; tong ho (grown for its succulent edible leaves used in Asian cooking)

Holonyms ("genus Chrysanthemum" 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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