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GENUS GRINDELIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Grindelia mean?
• GENUS GRINDELIA (noun)
The noun GENUS GRINDELIA has 1 sense:
1. large genus of coarse gummy herbs of western North and Central America
Familiarity information: GENUS GRINDELIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large genus of coarse gummy herbs of western North and Central America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Grindelia; Grindelia
Hypernyms ("genus Grindelia" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Grindelia"):
gum plant; gumweed; rosinweed; tarweed (any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock)
Holonyms ("genus Grindelia" 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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