noun
small genus of North American herbs often root-parasitic and bearing golden-yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia
• Syn: ↑Aureolaria
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Scrophulariaceae, ↑family Scrophulariaceae, ↑figwort family, ↑foxglove family
• Member Meronyms: ↑false foxglove, ↑Aureolaria pedicularia, ↑Gerardia pedicularia, ↑Aureolaria virginica, ↑Gerardia virginica
Useful english dictionary. 2012.