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RATIBIDA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ratibida mean?
• RATIBIDA (noun)
The noun RATIBIDA has 1 sense:
1. genus of perennial wildflowers of North American plains and prairies; often cultivated for their showy flower heads
Familiarity information: RATIBIDA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of perennial wildflowers of North American plains and prairies; often cultivated for their showy flower heads
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Ratibida; Ratibida
Hypernyms ("Ratibida" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Ratibida"):
coneflower (a wildflower of the genus Ratibida)
long-head coneflower; prairie coneflower; Ratibida columnifera (plant similar to the Mexican hat coneflower; from British Columbia to New Mexico)
prairie coneflower; Ratibida tagetes (coneflower of central to southwestern United States)
Holonyms ("Ratibida" 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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