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LIGULARIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ligularia mean? 

LIGULARIA (noun)
  The noun LIGULARIA has 1 sense:

1. genus of Old World herbs resembling groundsel: leopard plantsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


LIGULARIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of Old World herbs resembling groundsel: leopard plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Ligularia; Ligularia

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Ligularia"):

leopard plant (any of various plants of temperate Eurasia; grown for their yellow flowers and handsome foliage)

Holonyms ("Ligularia" 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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