GENUS VERNONIA
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Vernonia mean? • GENUS VERNONIA (noun)
The noun GENUS VERNONIA has 1 sense:
1. genus of New World tropical herbs or shrubs with terminal cymose heads of tubular flowers
Familiarity information: GENUS VERNONIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS VERNONIA (noun)
Meaning:
Genus of New World tropical herbs or shrubs with terminal cymose heads of tubular flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Vernonia" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Vernonia"):
ironweed; vernonia (any of various plants of the genus Vernonia of tropical and warm regions of especially North America that take their name from their loose heads of purple to rose flowers that quickly take on a rusty hue)
Holonyms ("genus Vernonia" 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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