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LEONTOPODIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Leontopodium mean?
• LEONTOPODIUM (noun)
The noun LEONTOPODIUM has 1 sense:
1. edelweiss
Familiarity information: LEONTOPODIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Edelweiss
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Leontopodium; Leontopodium
Hypernyms ("Leontopodium" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Leontopodium"):
edelweiss; Leontopodium alpinum (alpine perennial plant native to Europe having leaves covered with whitish down and small flower heads held in stars of glistening whitish bracts)
Holonyms ("Leontopodium" 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)
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