noun
widely distributed genus of herbs with milky juice; includes some cosmopolitan weeds
• Syn: ↑Hypochaeris, ↑genus Hypochaeris, ↑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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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ at hypo-+ˈkirə̇s\Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, a plant — more at hypochaeris
synonym of hypochaeris
Useful english dictionary. 2012.