MACHAERANTHERA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Machaeranthera mean? 

• MACHAERANTHERA (noun)
  The noun MACHAERANTHERA has 1 sense:

1. wildflowers of western North America

  Familiarity information: MACHAERANTHERA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MACHAERANTHERA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wildflowers of western North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Machaeranthera; Machaeranthera

Hypernyms ("Machaeranthera" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "Machaeranthera"):

Machaeranthera tanacetifolia; tahoka daisy; tansy leaf aster (wild aster with fernlike leaves and flower heads with very narrow bright purple rays; Alberta to Texas and Mexico)

Machaeranthera bigelovii; sticky aster (wild aster having leafy stems and flower heads with narrow bright reddish-lavender or purple rays; western Colorado to Arizona)

Machaeranthera tortifoloia; Mojave aster (wild aster having greyish leafy stems and flower heads with narrow pale lavender or violet rays; of rocky desert slopes California to Arizona and Utah)

Holonyms ("Machaeranthera" 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)