GENUS KRIGIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Krigia mean? 

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

1. small herbs closely related to chicory: dwarf dandelions

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS KRIGIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small herbs closely related to chicory: dwarf dandelions

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Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Krigia"):

krigia (any small branched yellow-flowered North American herb of the genus Krigia)

Holonyms ("genus Krigia" 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)