GENUS WYETHIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Wyethia mean? 

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

1. coarse leafy perennial plants resembling sunflowers found especially in the western United States

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS WYETHIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coarse leafy perennial plants resembling sunflowers found especially in the western United States

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Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Wyethia"):

mule's ears; Wyethia amplexicaulis (balsamic-resinous herb with clumps of lanceolate leaves and stout leafy stems ending in large deep yellow flowers on long stalks; northwestern United States)

white-rayed mule's ears; Wyethia helianthoides (herb with basal leaves and leafy hairy stems bearing solitary flower heads with white or pale cream-colored rays; northwestern United States)

Holonyms ("genus Wyethia" 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)