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AFRICAN VIOLET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does African violet mean?
• AFRICAN VIOLET (noun)
The noun AFRICAN VIOLET has 1 sense:
1. tropical African plant cultivated as a houseplant for its violet or white or pink flowers
Familiarity information: AFRICAN VIOLET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical African plant cultivated as a houseplant for its violet or white or pink flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
African violet; Saintpaulia ionantha
Hypernyms ("African violet" is a kind of...):
flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)
Holonyms ("African violet" is a member of...):
genus Saintpaulia; Saintpaulia (east African herb with nodding flowers; widely cultivated)
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