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    GENUS GNAPHALIUM

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Large widely distributed genus of coarse hairy herbs with whitish involucresplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Gnaphalium; Gnaphalium

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Meronyms (members of "genus Gnaphalium"):

    cudweed (any of numerous plants of the genus Gnaphalium having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color)

    Holonyms ("genus Gnaphalium" 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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