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TARAXACUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Taraxacum mean?
• TARAXACUM (noun)
The noun TARAXACUM has 1 sense:
1. an asterid dicot genus of the family Compositae including dandelions
Familiarity information: TARAXACUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An asterid dicot genus of the family Compositae including dandelions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Taraxacum; Taraxacum
Hypernyms ("Taraxacum" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Taraxacum"):
blowball; dandelion (any of several herbs of the genus Taraxacum having long tap roots and deeply notched leaves and bright yellow flowers followed by fluffy seed balls)
Holonyms ("Taraxacum" 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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