GENUS TARAXACUM

 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Taraxacum mean? 

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

1. an asterid dicot genus of the family Compositae including dandelions

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS TARAXACUM (noun)

Meaning:

An asterid dicot genus of the family Compositae including dandelions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Taraxacum; Taraxacum

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Taraxacum"):

blowball; dandelion (any of several herbs of the genus Taraxacum having long tap roots and deeply notched leaves and bright yellow flowers followed by fluffy seed balls)

Holonyms ("genus Taraxacum" 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)