noun
genus of American of east Asian perennial herbs with yellow to orange or red flower rays; sometimes included in genus Senecio
• Syn: ↑Packera
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑family Asteraceae, ↑aster family
• Member Meronyms: ↑butterweed
Useful english dictionary. 2012.