noun
herbs and subshrubs: African daisy
• Syn: ↑genus Arctotis
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑family Asteraceae, ↑aster family
• Member Meronyms: ↑African daisy, ↑blue-eyed African daisy, ↑Arctotis stoechadifolia, ↑Arctotis venusta
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\\ärkˈtōd.ə̇s\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, irregular from arct- + Greek ōt-, ous ear; from the earlike pappus scales — more at ear
: a genus of African herbs (family Compositae) having white woolly foliage and long-stalked flower heads — see african daisy 2
Useful english dictionary. 2012.