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COMPASS FLOWER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several plants having leaves so arranged on the axis as to indicate the cardinal points of the compass
Synonyms:
compass flower; compass plant
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("compass flower" is a kind of...):
composite; composite plant (considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "compass flower"):
horse thistle; Lactuca scariola; Lactuca serriola; prickly lettuce (European annual wild lettuce having prickly stems; a troublesome weed in parts of United States)
rosinweed; Silphium laciniatum (North American perennial having a resinous odor and yellow flowers)
Holonyms ("compass flower" 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)
