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LEUCOGENES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Leucogenes mean?
• LEUCOGENES (noun)
The noun LEUCOGENES has 1 sense:
1. New Zealand edelweiss
Familiarity information: LEUCOGENES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
New Zealand edelweiss
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Leucogenes; Leucogenes
Hypernyms ("Leucogenes" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Holonyms ("Leucogenes" 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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