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    GENUS PICRIS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Genus of weedy Old World yellow-flowered herbs usually containing a bitter-tasting substance: bitterweedplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Picris; Picris

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Meronyms (members of "genus Picris"):

    bitterweed; bristly oxtongue; bugloss; oxtongue; Picris echioides (widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States)

    Holonyms ("genus Picris" 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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