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Hudsonia

noun

small evergreen subshrubs of North America

• Syn: ↑genus Hudsonia

• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cistaceae, ↑family Cistaceae, ↑rockrose family

• Member Meronyms: ↑false heather, ↑golden heather, ↑Hudsonia ericoides, ↑beach heather, ↑poverty grass, ↑Hudsonia tomentosa

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\\ˌhədˈsōnēə\ noun

Etymology: New Latin, from William Hudson died 1793 English botanist + New Latin -ia

1. capitalized : a genus of low heathlike No. American herbs (family Cistaceae) with hoary or villous foliage and usually bright yellow flowers

2. : any plant of the genus Hudsonia

Useful english dictionary. 2012.