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WHITE-TOPPED ASTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does white-topped aster mean?
• WHITE-TOPPED ASTER (noun)
The noun WHITE-TOPPED ASTER has 1 sense:
1. herb having corymbose white-rayed flowers with scaly bracts and silky indehiscent fruits
Familiarity information: WHITE-TOPPED ASTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Herb having corymbose white-rayed flowers with scaly bracts and silky indehiscent fruits
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("white-topped aster" is a kind of...):
flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "white-topped aster"):
narrow-leaved white-topped aster (a variety of white-topped aster)
Holonyms ("white-topped aster" is a member of...):
genus Sericocarpus; Sericocarpus (small genus of herbs of the eastern United States: white-topped asters)
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