noun
genus of North and South American perennial herbs or shrubs with yellow flowers; in some classifications include species placed in other genera especially Hazardia
• Syn: ↑genus Haplopappus
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑family Asteraceae, ↑aster family
• Member Meronyms: ↑goldenbush, ↑camphor daisy, ↑Haplopappus phyllocephalus, ↑yellow spiny daisy, ↑Haplopappus spinulosus
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\\ˌhaplōˈpapəs\ nounUsage: capitalized
: a genus of perennial herbs (family Compositae) of the western United States with mostly alternate rigid leaves and yellow flowers
Useful english dictionary. 2012.