GENUS ACHILLEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Achillea mean? 

• GENUS ACHILLEA (noun)
  The noun GENUS ACHILLEA has 1 sense:

1. perennial often aromatic and sometimes mat-forming herbs of north temperate regions: yarrow; milfoil

  Familiarity information: GENUS ACHILLEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ACHILLEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Perennial often aromatic and sometimes mat-forming herbs of north temperate regions: yarrow; milfoil

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Achillea" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Achillea"):

achillea (any of several plants of the genus Achillea native to Europe and having small white flowers in flat-topped flower heads)

Holonyms ("genus Achillea" 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)