genus liatris

English Thesaurus

1. genus of perennial North American herbs with aromatic usually cormous roots (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	asterid dicot genus,
definition	:	genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	blazing star, button snakeroot, gay-feather, gayfeather, snakeroot,
definition	:	any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	aster family, asteraceae, compositae, family asteraceae, family compositae,
definition	:	plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia (noun.plant)