noun
genus of South American shrubs or lianas having large flower heads with feathery pappuses
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑family Asteraceae, ↑aster family
• Member Meronyms: ↑mutisia
Useful english dictionary. 2012.