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GENUS MELAMPODIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Melampodium mean?
• GENUS MELAMPODIUM (noun)
The noun GENUS MELAMPODIUM has 1 sense:
1. herbs and subshrubs of warm North America
Familiarity information: GENUS MELAMPODIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Herbs and subshrubs of warm North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Melampodium; Melampodium
Hypernyms ("genus Melampodium" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Melampodium"):
blackfoot daisy; Melampodium leucanthum (bushy subshrub having flower heads that resemble asters with broad white rays; found in desert areas of Arizona east to Kansas and south to Mexico)
Holonyms ("genus Melampodium" 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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