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GENUS LIATRIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of perennial North American herbs with aromatic usually cormous roots
Synonyms:
genus Liatris; Liatris
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Liatris" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Liatris"):
blazing star; button snakeroot; gay-feather; gayfeather; snakeroot (any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads)
Holonyms ("genus Liatris" 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)
