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CHRYSOPSIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Chrysopsis mean?
• CHRYSOPSIS (noun)
The noun CHRYSOPSIS has 1 sense:
1. golden aster
Familiarity information: CHRYSOPSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Golden aster
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Chrysopsis; genus Chrysopsis
Hypernyms ("Chrysopsis" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Chrysopsis"):
golden aster (any of several shrubby herbs or subshrubs of the genus Chrysopsis having bright golden-yellow flower heads that resemble asters; throughout much of United States and into Canada)
Holonyms ("Chrysopsis" 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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