HAWKWEED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hawkweed mean? 

• HAWKWEED (noun)
  The noun HAWKWEED has 2 senses:

1. any of various plants of the genus Pilosella

2. any of numerous often hairy plants of the genus Hieracium having yellow or orange flowers that resemble the dandelion

  Familiarity information: HAWKWEED used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAWKWEED (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various plants of the genus Pilosella

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("hawkweed" is a member of...):

genus Pilosella; Pilosella (genus of hairy perennial herbs with horizontal rhizomes and leafy or underground stolons; Eurasia and North Africa; often considered congeneric with Hieracium)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of numerous often hairy plants of the genus Hieracium having yellow or orange flowers that resemble the dandelion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hawkweed"):

Hieracium venosum; rattlesnake weed (a hawkweed with a rosette of purple-veined basal leaves; Canada to northern Georgia and Kentucky)

Hieracium pilocella; mouse-ear hawkweed; Pilosella officinarum (European hawkweed having soft hairy leaves; sometimes placed in genus Hieracium)

Holonyms ("hawkweed" is a member of...):

genus Hieracium; Hieracium (large genus of perennial hairy herbs of Europe to western Asia to northwestern Africa and North America; few are ornamental; often considered congeneric with Pilosella)