noun
small evergreen subshrubs of North America
• Syn: ↑genus Hudsonia
• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cistaceae, ↑family Cistaceae, ↑rockrose family
• Member Meronyms: ↑false heather, ↑golden heather, ↑Hudsonia ericoides, ↑beach heather, ↑poverty grass, ↑Hudsonia tomentosa
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\\ˌhədˈsōnēə\ noun1. capitalized : a genus of low heathlike No. American herbs (family Cistaceae) with hoary or villous foliage and usually bright yellow flowers
2. : any plant of the genus Hudsonia
Useful english dictionary. 2012.