genus helianthus

English Thesaurus

1. genus of tall erect or branched American annual or perennial herbs with showy flowers: sunflowers (noun.plant)

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

member holonym	:	helianthus, sunflower,
definition	:	any plant of the genus Helianthus having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays (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)