GENUS SILYBUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Silybum mean? 

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

1. small genus of east African herbs

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS SILYBUM (noun)

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Meaning:

Small genus of east African herbs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Silybum; Silybum

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Silybum"):

blessed thistle; holy thistle; lady's thistle; milk thistle; Our Lady's mild thistle; Silybum marianum (tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America)

Holonyms ("genus Silybum" 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)