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    SILPHIUM

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Tall North American perennial herbsplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Silphium; Silphium

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Meronyms (members of "Silphium"):

    rosinweed; Silphium laciniatum (North American perennial having a resinous odor and yellow flowers)

    Holonyms ("Silphium" 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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