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GENUS BIDENS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Bidens mean?
• GENUS BIDENS (noun)
The noun GENUS BIDENS has 1 sense:
1. bur marigolds
Familiarity information: GENUS BIDENS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bur marigolds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Bidens; genus Bidens
Hypernyms ("genus Bidens" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Bidens"):
beggar's-ticks; beggar-ticks; bur marigold; burr marigold; sticktight (any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing)
Holonyms ("genus Bidens" 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)
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