GENUS DAHLIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Dahlia mean? 

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

1. genus of perennial tuberous plants of Mexico and Central America

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS DAHLIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of perennial tuberous plants of Mexico and Central America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Dahlia"):

dahlia; Dahlia pinnata (any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads; native to the mountains of Mexico and Central America and Colombia)

Holonyms ("genus Dahlia" 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)