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    GENUS HYPOCHOERIS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Widely distributed genus of herbs with milky juice; includes some cosmopolitan weedsplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Hypochaeris; genus Hypochoeris; Hypochaeris; Hypochoeris

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Meronyms (members of "genus Hypochoeris"):

    California dandelion; capeweed; cat's-ear; gosmore; Hypochaeris radicata (European weed widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears)

    Holonyms ("genus Hypochoeris" 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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