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HELENIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Helenium mean?
• HELENIUM (noun)
The noun HELENIUM has 1 sense:
1. genus of American herbs with flowers having yellow rays: sneezeweeds
Familiarity information: HELENIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of American herbs with flowers having yellow rays: sneezeweeds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Helenium; Helenium
Hypernyms ("Helenium" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Helenium"):
sneezeweed (any of various plants of the genus Helenium characteristically causing sneezing)
Holonyms ("Helenium" 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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