genus vernonia

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   genus of New World tropical herbs or shrubs with terminal cymose heads of tubular flowers

   Broaderasterid dicot genus

   Part ofCompositae

Questions about genus vernonia

What does genus vernonia mean?

genus vernonia means "genus of New World tropical herbs or shrubs with terminal cymose heads of tubular flowers".

Is genus vernonia a common word?

genus vernonia 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.