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    GENUS ONOPORDUM

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A genus of Eurasian herbs of the family Compositae with prickly foliage and large purplish flowersplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Onopordon; genus Onopordum; Onopordon; Onopordum

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Meronyms (members of "genus Onopordum"):

    cotton thistle; Onopordon acanthium; Onopordum acanthium; Scotch thistle; woolly thistle (biennial Eurasian white hairy thistle having pale purple flowers; naturalized in North America)

    Holonyms ("genus Onopordum" 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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