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GENUS TUSSILAGO

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

1. genus of low creeping yellow-flowered perennial herbs of north temperate regions: coltsfoots; in some classifications includes species often placed in other genera especially Homogyne and Petasites

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• GENUS TUSSILAGO (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Genus of low creeping yellow-flowered perennial herbs of north temperate regions: coltsfoots; in some classifications includes species often placed in other genera especially Homogyne and Petasites

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Tussilago; Tussilago

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Tussilago"):

coltsfoot; Tussilago farfara (perennial herb with large rounded leaves resembling a colt's foot and yellow flowers appearing before the leaves do; native to Europe but now nearly cosmopolitan; used medicinally especially formerly)

Holonyms ("genus Tussilago" 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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