ERIGERON CANADENSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Erigeron canadensis mean? 

• ERIGERON CANADENSIS (noun)
  The noun ERIGERON CANADENSIS has 1 sense:

1. common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron

  Familiarity information: ERIGERON CANADENSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ERIGERON CANADENSIS (noun)

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Meaning:

Common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Canadian fleabane; Conyza canadensis; Erigeron canadensis; fleabane; horseweed

Hypernyms ("Erigeron canadensis" is a kind of...):

weed (any plant that crowds out cultivated plants)

Holonyms ("Erigeron canadensis" is a member of...):

Conyza; genus Conyza (common American weed or wildflower)