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GENUS TOWNSENDIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of western American low tufted herbs: Easter daisy
Synonyms:
genus Townsendia; Townsendia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Townsendia" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Townsendia"):
Easter daisy; stemless daisy; Townsendia Exscapa (dwarf tufted nearly stemless herb having a rosette of woolly leaves and large white-rayed flower heads and bristly achenes; central Canada and United States west to Arizona)
Holonyms ("genus Townsendia" 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)
