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HAASTIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Genus of New Zealand mat-forming herbs or subshrubs: vegetable sheep

Synonyms:

genus Haastia; Haastia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Haastia" is a kind of...):

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "Haastia"):

Haastia pulvinaris; sheep plant; vegetable sheep (cushion-forming New Zealand herb having leaves densely covered with tawny hairs)

Holonyms ("Haastia" is a member of...):

aster family; Asteraceae; Compositae; family Asteraceae; family Compositae (plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia)

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