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    DIMORPHOTHECA

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    South African herbs or subshrubs with usually yellow flowersplay

    Synonyms:

    Dimorphotheca; genus Dimorphotheca

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Meronyms (members of "Dimorphotheca"):

    cape marigold; star of the veldt; sun marigold (any of several South African plants grown for the profusion of usually yellow daisylike flowers and mounds of aromatic foliage)

    Holonyms ("Dimorphotheca" 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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