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BRACHYCOME

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Mostly Australian herbs having basal or alternate leaves and loosely corymbose flower heads

Synonyms:

Brachycome; genus Brachycome

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Brachycome"):

Brachycome Iberidifolia; Swan River daisy (western Australian annual much cultivated for its flower heads with white or bluish to violet or variegated rays)

Holonyms ("Brachycome" 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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