ERIOPHYLLUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Eriophyllum mean? 

• ERIOPHYLLUM (noun)
  The noun ERIOPHYLLUM has 1 sense:

1. genus of hairy herbs and shrubs of western North America

  Familiarity information: ERIOPHYLLUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ERIOPHYLLUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of hairy herbs and shrubs of western North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Eriophyllum; genus Eriophyllum

Hypernyms ("Eriophyllum" is a kind of...):

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "Eriophyllum"):

woolly sunflower (any plant of the genus Eriophyllum)

Holonyms ("Eriophyllum" 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)