HELIPTERUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Helipterum mean? 

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

1. genus of South African and Australian herbs or shrubs grown as everlastings; the various Helipterum species are currently in process of being assigned to other genera especially genera Pteropogon and Hyalosperma

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HELIPTERUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of South African and Australian herbs or shrubs grown as everlastings; the various Helipterum species are currently in process of being assigned to other genera especially genera Pteropogon and Hyalosperma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Helipterum; Helipterum

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Helipterum"):

strawflower (any of various plants of the genus Helipterum)

Holonyms ("Helipterum" 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)