WHITE-TOPPED ASTER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Herb having corymbose white-rayed flowers with scaly bracts and silky indehiscent fruits

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("white-topped aster" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "white-topped aster"):

narrow-leaved white-topped aster (a variety of white-topped aster)

Holonyms ("white-topped aster" is a member of...):

genus Sericocarpus; Sericocarpus (small genus of herbs of the eastern United States: white-topped asters)

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