noun
a genus of herbs of north temperate regions having hoary leaves: pearly everlasting
• Syn: ↑Anaphalis
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑family Asteraceae, ↑aster family
• Member Meronyms: ↑pearly everlasting, ↑cottonweed, ↑Anaphalis margaritacea
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