GENUS ASTER

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Meaning:

Large genus of herbs widely cultivated for their daisylike flowers

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Aster" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Aster"):

aster (any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers)

Holonyms ("genus Aster" 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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