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    GENUS PILOSELLA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Genus of hairy perennial herbs with horizontal rhizomes and leafy or underground stolons; Eurasia and North Africa; often considered congeneric with Hieraciumplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Pilosella; Pilosella

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Meronyms (members of "genus Pilosella"):

    hawkweed (any of various plants of the genus Pilosella)

    Hieracium aurantiacum; orange hawkweed; Pilosella aurantiaca (European hawkweed having flower heads with bright orange-red rays; a troublesome weed especially as naturalized in northeastern North America; sometimes placed in genus Hieracium)

    Holonyms ("genus Pilosella" 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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