genus parthenium

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   small genus of North American herbs and shrubs with terminal panicles of small ray flowers

   SynonymsParthenium

   Broaderasterid dicot genus

   Part ofCompositae

Questions about genus parthenium

What does genus parthenium mean?

genus parthenium means "small genus of North American herbs and shrubs with terminal panicles of small ray flowers".

What is another word for genus parthenium?

Close synonyms include Parthenium. 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 parthenium a common word?

genus parthenium 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.