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AFRICAN DAISY

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several plants of the genus Arctotis having daisylike flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("African daisy" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Holonyms ("African daisy" is a member of...):

Arctotis; genus Arctotis (herbs and subshrubs: African daisy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

African or Asiatic herbs with daisylike flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("African daisy" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "African daisy"):

Barberton daisy; Gerbera jamesonii; Transvaal daisy (widely cultivated South African perennial having flower heads with orange to flame-colored rays)

Holonyms ("African daisy" is a member of...):

genus Gerbera; Gerbera (genus of South African or Asiatic herbs: African daisies)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Shrub of southwestern Mediterranean region having yellow daisylike flowers

Synonyms:

African daisy; Lonas annua; Lonas inodora; yellow ageratum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("African daisy" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Holonyms ("African daisy" is a member of...):

genus Lonas; Lonas (one species: yellow ageratum)

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