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GENUS SILYBUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of east African herbs
Synonyms:
genus Silybum; Silybum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Silybum" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Silybum"):
blessed thistle; holy thistle; lady's thistle; milk thistle; Our Lady's mild thistle; Silybum marianum (tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads; naturalized in California and South America)
Holonyms ("genus Silybum" 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)
