GENUS LAYIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Layia mean? 

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

1. genus of western United States annuals with showy yellow or white flowers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS LAYIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of western United States annuals with showy yellow or white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Layia; Layia

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Layia"):

Layia platyglossa; tidy tips; tidytips (California annual having flower heads with yellow rays tipped with white)

Holonyms ("genus Layia" 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)