HIERACIUM AURANTIACUM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

European hawkweed having flower heads with bright orange-red rays; a troublesome weed especially as naturalized in northeastern North America; sometimes placed in genus Hieracium

Synonyms:

Hieracium aurantiacum; orange hawkweed; Pilosella aurantiaca

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Hieracium aurantiacum" is a kind of...):

weed (any plant that crowds out cultivated plants)

Holonyms ("Hieracium aurantiacum" is a member of...):

genus Pilosella; Pilosella (genus of hairy perennial herbs with horizontal rhizomes and leafy or underground stolons; Eurasia and North Africa; often considered congeneric with Hieracium)

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