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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large genus of plants, belonging to the order Compositœ and tribe Cichoriaceœ, and type of the subtribe Hieraceœ.
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- noun 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
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