Akademik

Townsendia

noun

genus of western American low tufted herbs: Easter daisy

• Syn: ↑genus Townsendia

• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑family Asteraceae, ↑aster family

• Member Meronyms: ↑Easter daisy, ↑stemless daisy, ↑Townsendia Exscapa

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\\tau̇nˈzendēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from David Townsend died 1858 American botanist + New Latin -ia

: a genus of western American mostly low and tufted herbs (family Compositae) with large heads of purple-rayed or white-rayed flowers and achenes that are beset with bristly forked hairs — see easter daisy

Useful english dictionary. 2012.