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WOOLLY DAISY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does woolly daisy mean? 

WOOLLY DAISY (noun)
  The noun WOOLLY DAISY has 1 sense:

1. tiny grey woolly tufted annual with small golden-yellow flower heads; southeastern California to northwestern Arizona and southwestern Utah; sometimes placed in genus Eriophyllumplay

  Familiarity information: WOOLLY DAISY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WOOLLY DAISY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tiny grey woolly tufted annual with small golden-yellow flower heads; southeastern California to northwestern Arizona and southwestern Utah; sometimes placed in genus Eriophyllum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Antheropeas wallacei; dwarf daisy; Eriophyllum wallacei; woolly daisy

Hypernyms ("woolly daisy" is a kind of...):

wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)

Holonyms ("woolly daisy" is a member of...):

Antheropeas; genus Antheropeas (small genus of North American herbs often included in genus Eriophyllum)


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