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    HETEROTHECA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Genus of yellow-flowered North American herbsplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Heterotheca; Heterotheca

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Heterotheca" is a kind of...):

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

    Meronyms (members of "Heterotheca"):

    Chrysopsis villosa; hairy golden aster; Heterotheca villosa; prairie golden aster (hairy perennial with yellow flower heads in branched clusters; found almost everywhere in dry places from Canada to west central and western United States; sometimes placed in genus Chrysopsis)

    Holonyms ("Heterotheca" 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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