English > genus Parthenium: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | small genus of North American herbs and shrubs with terminal panicles of small ray flowers. |
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Synonym | Parthenium |
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Member of | Compositae, family Compositae, Asteraceae, family Asteraceae, aster family | plants with heads composed of many florets |
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Members | American feverfew, wild quinine, prairie dock, Parthenium integrifolium | stout perennial herb of the eastern United States with whitish flowers |
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bastard feverfew, Parthenium hysterophorus | Tropical American annual weed with small radiate heads of white flowers |
guayule, Parthenium argentatum | Much-branched subshrub with silvery leaves and small white flowers of Texas and northern Mexico |
Broader | asterid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs |
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Spanish | genus parthenium, parthenium |
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Catalan | genus parthenium, parthenium |
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