noun
small genus of tropical American perennial herbs or subshrubs with white to pale yellow flowers; often included in genus Stevia
• Syn: ↑Piqueria
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑family Asteraceae, ↑aster family
• Member Meronyms: ↑stevia
Useful english dictionary. 2012.