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GNAPHALIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gnaphalium mean? 

GNAPHALIUM (noun)
  The noun GNAPHALIUM has 1 sense:

1. large widely distributed genus of coarse hairy herbs with whitish involucresplay

  Familiarity information: GNAPHALIUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GNAPHALIUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large widely distributed genus of coarse hairy herbs with whitish involucres

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Gnaphalium; Gnaphalium

Hypernyms ("Gnaphalium" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "Gnaphalium"):

cudweed (any of numerous plants of the genus Gnaphalium having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color)

Holonyms ("Gnaphalium" 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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