noun
large genus of perennial hairy herbs of Europe to western Asia to northwestern Africa and North America; few are ornamental; often considered congeneric with Pilosella
• Syn: ↑genus Hieracium
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑family Asteraceae, ↑aster family
• Member Meronyms: ↑hawkweed, ↑king devil, ↑yellow hawkweed, ↑Hieracium praealtum
Useful english dictionary. 2012.