GRINDELIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Grindelia mean? 

• GRINDELIA (noun)
  The noun GRINDELIA has 1 sense:

1. large genus of coarse gummy herbs of western North and Central America

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRINDELIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large genus of coarse gummy herbs of western North and Central America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Grindelia; Grindelia

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Grindelia"):

gum plant; gumweed; rosinweed; tarweed (any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock)

Holonyms ("Grindelia" 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)