genus hieracium

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   large genus of perennial hairy herbs of Europe to western Asia to northwestern Africa and North America; few are ornamental; often considered congeneric with Pilosella

   SynonymsHieracium

   Broaderasterid dicot genus

   Part ofCompositae

Questions about genus hieracium

What does genus hieracium mean?

genus hieracium means "large genus of perennial hairy herbs of Europe to western Asia to northwestern Africa and North America; few are ornamental; often considered congeneric with Pilosella".

What is another word for genus hieracium?

Close synonyms include Hieracium. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus hieracium a common word?

genus hieracium is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.