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GENUS ECHINOPS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Echinops mean?
• GENUS ECHINOPS (noun)
The noun GENUS ECHINOPS has 1 sense:
1. genus of Mediterranean and Eurasian herbs: globe thistles
Familiarity information: GENUS ECHINOPS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of Mediterranean and Eurasian herbs: globe thistles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Echinops; genus Echinops
Hypernyms ("genus Echinops" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Echinops"):
globe thistle (any of various plants of the genus Echinops having prickly leaves and dense globose heads of bluish flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Echinops" 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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