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    MELAMPODIUM

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Herbs and subshrubs of warm North Americaplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Melampodium; Melampodium

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Meronyms (members of "Melampodium"):

    blackfoot daisy; Melampodium leucanthum (bushy subshrub having flower heads that resemble asters with broad white rays; found in desert areas of Arizona east to Kansas and south to Mexico)

    Holonyms ("Melampodium" 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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