GENUS ENCELIOPSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Enceliopsis mean? 

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

1. small genus of xerophytic herbs of southwestern United States

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ENCELIOPSIS (noun)

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Meaning:

Small genus of xerophytic herbs of southwestern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Enceliopsis; genus Enceliopsis

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Enceliopsis"):

Enceliopsis nudicaulis; sunray (herb having a basal cluster of grey-green leaves and leafless stalks each with a solitary broad yellow flower head; desert areas Idaho to Arizona)

Holonyms ("genus Enceliopsis" 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)