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HAASTIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Haastia mean?
• HAASTIA (noun)
The noun HAASTIA has 1 sense:
1. genus of New Zealand mat-forming herbs or subshrubs: vegetable sheep
Familiarity information: HAASTIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of New Zealand mat-forming herbs or subshrubs: vegetable sheep
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Haastia; Haastia
Hypernyms ("Haastia" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Haastia"):
Haastia pulvinaris; sheep plant; vegetable sheep (cushion-forming New Zealand herb having leaves densely covered with tawny hairs)
Holonyms ("Haastia" 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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