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ACROCLINIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Acroclinium mean? 

ACROCLINIUM (noun)
  The noun ACROCLINIUM has 1 sense:

1. genus of herbs and shrubs of Australia and South Africa: everlasting flower; most species usually placed in genus Helipterumplay

  Familiarity information: ACROCLINIUM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ACROCLINIUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of herbs and shrubs of Australia and South Africa: everlasting flower; most species usually placed in genus Helipterum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Acroclinium; genus Acroclinium

Hypernyms ("Acroclinium" is a kind of...):

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "Acroclinium"):

Acroclinium roseum; pink-and-white everlasting; pink paper daisy (flower of southwestern Australia having bright pink daisylike papery flowers; grown for drying)


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