HETEROTHECA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Heterotheca mean? 

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

1. genus of yellow-flowered North American herbs

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HETEROTHECA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of yellow-flowered North American herbs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Heterotheca; Heterotheca

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Heterotheca"):

Chrysopsis villosa; hairy golden aster; Heterotheca villosa; prairie golden aster (hairy perennial with yellow flower heads in branched clusters; found almost everywhere in dry places from Canada to west central and western United States; sometimes placed in genus Chrysopsis)

Holonyms ("Heterotheca" 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)