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gnaphalium
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun gnaphalium has 1 sense
- gnaphalium(n = noun.plant) genus gnaphalium - large widely distributed genus of coarse hairy herbs with whitish involucres; Array is a kind of asterid dicot genus
is a member of aster family, asteraceae, compositae, family asteraceae, family compositae
CIDE DICTIONARY
gnaphalium, n. [Nl., from Gr. wool of the teasel.].
A genus of composite plants with white or colored dry and persistent involucres; a kind of everlasting. [1913 Webster]
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