HIERACIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hieracium mean? 

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

1. 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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HIERACIUM (noun)

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Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Hieracium; Hieracium

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Hieracium"):

hawkweed (any of numerous often hairy plants of the genus Hieracium having yellow or orange flowers that resemble the dandelion)

Hieracium praealtum; king devil; yellow hawkweed (European hawkweed introduced into northeastern United States; locally troublesome weeds)

Holonyms ("Hieracium" 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)