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SNEEZEWEED

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of various plants of the genus Helenium characteristically causing sneezing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sneezeweed"):

autumn sneezeweed; Helenium autumnale (North American perennial with bright yellow late summer flowers)

Helenium hoopesii; orange sneezeweed; owlclaws (stout perennial herb of western United States having flower heads with drooping orange-yellow rays; causes spewing sickness in sheep)

Helenium puberulum; rosilla (a sneezeweed of southwestern United States especially southern California)

Holonyms ("sneezeweed" is a member of...):

genus Helenium; Helenium (genus of American herbs with flowers having yellow rays: sneezeweeds)

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