GENUS ZINNIA

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Meaning:

Genus of annual or perennial plants of tropical America having solitary heads of brightly colored flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Zinnia"):

old maid; old maid flower; zinnia (any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads)

Holonyms ("genus Zinnia" 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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