SERIPHIDIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Seriphidium mean? 

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

1. woody plants grown chiefly for their silver or grey and often aromatic foliage; formerly included in the genus Artemisia

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SERIPHIDIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Woody plants grown chiefly for their silver or grey and often aromatic foliage; formerly included in the genus Artemisia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Seriphidium; Seriphidium

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Seriphidium"):

Artemisia cana; gray sage; grey sage; Seriphidium canum; silver sage; silver sagebrush (low much-branched perennial of western United States having silvery leaves; an important browse and shelter plant)

Artemisia maritima; sea wormwood; Seriphidium maritimum (plants of western and northern European coasts)

Artemisia tridentata; big sagebrush; blue sage; Seriphidium tridentatum (aromatic shrub of arid regions of western North America having hoary leaves)

Holonyms ("Seriphidium" 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)