GYNURA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gynura mean? 

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

1. genus of Old World tropical herbs: velvet plants

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GYNURA (noun)

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Meaning:

Genus of Old World tropical herbs: velvet plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Gynura; Gynura

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Gynura"):

Gynura aurantiaca; purple velvet plant; royal velvet plant; velvet plant (Javanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet-purple hairs)

Holonyms ("Gynura" 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)