SONCHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sonchus mean? 

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

1. sow thistles

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SONCHUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sow thistles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Sonchus; Sonchus

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Sonchus"):

milk thistle; sow thistle (any of several Old World coarse prickly-leaved shrubs and subshrubs having milky juice and yellow flowers; widely naturalized; often noxious weeds in cultivated soil)

Holonyms ("Sonchus" 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)