Akademik

Layia

noun

genus of western United States annuals with showy yellow or white flowers

• Syn: ↑genus Layia

• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑family Asteraceae, ↑aster family

• Member Meronyms: ↑tidytips, ↑tidy tips, ↑Layia platyglossa

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\\ˈlā(y)ə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from George T. Lay, 19th century English botanist + New Latin -ia

: a genus of mostly Californian annual herbs (family Compositae) having showy heads of yellow or white ray flowers — see tidytips

Useful english dictionary. 2012.