noun
widely distributed genus of herbs with milky juice; includes some cosmopolitan weeds
• Syn: ↑genus Hypochaeris, ↑Hypochoeris, ↑genus Hypochoeris
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑family Asteraceae, ↑aster family
• Member Meronyms: ↑cat's-ear, ↑California dandelion, ↑capeweed, ↑gosmore, ↑Hypochaeris radicata
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\\“+ˈkirə̇s\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, alteration of Latin hypochoeris, a plant, from Greek hypochoiris succory plant, from hypo- + -choiris (from choiros young pig, pig) — more at chaeropus
: a large widely distributed genus of milky-juiced herbs (family Compositae) that have basal leaves and scapose yellow flower heads and include some (as the cat's-ear) that are cosmopolitan weeds of open lands
Useful english dictionary. 2012.