HAWK'S-BEARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hawk's-beard mean? 

• HAWK'S-BEARD (noun)
  The noun HAWK'S-BEARD has 1 sense:

1. any of various plants of the genus Crepis having loose heads of yellow flowers on top of a long branched leafy stem; northern hemisphere

  Familiarity information: HAWK'S-BEARD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAWK'S-BEARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various plants of the genus Crepis having loose heads of yellow flowers on top of a long branched leafy stem; northern hemisphere

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

hawk's-beard; hawk's-beards

Hypernyms ("hawk's-beard" is a kind of...):

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

Holonyms ("hawk's-beard" is a member of...):

Crepis; genus Crepis (hawk's-beard; cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere)