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GENUS GERBERA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Gerbera mean?
• GENUS GERBERA (noun)
The noun GENUS GERBERA has 1 sense:
1. genus of South African or Asiatic herbs: African daisies
Familiarity information: GENUS GERBERA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of South African or Asiatic herbs: African daisies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Gerbera; Gerbera
Hypernyms ("genus Gerbera" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Gerbera"):
African daisy (African or Asiatic herbs with daisylike flowers)
Barberton daisy; Gerbera jamesonii; Transvaal daisy (widely cultivated South African perennial having flower heads with orange to flame-colored rays)
Holonyms ("genus Gerbera" 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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