English > Picris: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | genus of weedy Old World yellow-flowered herbs usually containing a bitter-tasting substance: bitterweed. |
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Synonym | genus Picris |
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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 | oxtongue, bristly oxtongue, bitterweed, bugloss, Picris echioides | widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers |
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Broader | asterid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs |
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Spanish | genus picris, picris |
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Catalan | genus picris, picris, Picris |
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