noun
any of several plants having leaves so arranged on the axis as to indicate the cardinal points of the compass
• Syn: ↑compass plant
• Hypernyms: ↑composite, ↑composite plant
• Hyponyms: ↑prickly lettuce, ↑horse thistle, ↑Lactuca serriola, ↑Lactuca scariola, ↑rosinweed, ↑Silphium laciniatum
• Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑family Asteraceae, ↑aster family
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nounsee compass plant
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compass flower,
= compass plant. (Cf. ↑compass plant)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.