GENUS ARCTIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Arctium mean? 

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

1. burdock

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ARCTIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Burdock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Arctium; genus Arctium

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Arctium"):

burdock; clotbur (any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs)

Holonyms ("genus Arctium" 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)