GENUS AGERATUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Ageratum mean? 

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

1. genus of tropical American herbs grown for their flowers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS AGERATUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of tropical American herbs grown for their flowers

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Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Ageratum"):

ageratum (any plant of the genus Ageratum having opposite leaves and small heads of blue or white flowers)

Holonyms ("genus Ageratum" 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)