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GENUS WYETHIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coarse leafy perennial plants resembling sunflowers found especially in the western United States
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Wyethia" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Wyethia"):
mule's ears; Wyethia amplexicaulis (balsamic-resinous herb with clumps of lanceolate leaves and stout leafy stems ending in large deep yellow flowers on long stalks; northwestern United States)
white-rayed mule's ears; Wyethia helianthoides (herb with basal leaves and leafy hairy stems bearing solitary flower heads with white or pale cream-colored rays; northwestern United States)
Holonyms ("genus Wyethia" 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)
