GENUS LIGULARIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Ligularia mean? 

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

1. genus of Old World herbs resembling groundsel: leopard plants

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS LIGULARIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of Old World herbs resembling groundsel: leopard plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Ligularia; Ligularia

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Ligularia"):

leopard plant (any of various plants of temperate Eurasia; grown for their yellow flowers and handsome foliage)

Holonyms ("genus Ligularia" 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)