TETRANEURIS

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tetraneuris mean? 

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

1. genus of hairy yellow-flowered plants of the western United States

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TETRANEURIS (noun)

Meaning:

Genus of hairy yellow-flowered plants of the western United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Tetraneuris; Tetraneuris

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Tetraneuris"):

Hymenoxys acaulis; stemless hymenoxys; Tetraneuris acaulis (perennial having tufted basal leaves and short leafless stalks each bearing a solitary yellow flower head; dry hillsides and plains of west central North America)

alpine sunflower; Hymenoxys grandiflora; old man of the mountain; Tetraneuris grandiflora (whitish hairy plant with featherlike leaves and a few stout stems each bearing an especially handsome solitary large yellow flower head; mountainous regions north central United States)

Holonyms ("Tetraneuris" 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)