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BARTONIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bartonia mean? 

BARTONIA (noun)
  The noun BARTONIA has 1 sense:

1. annual grown especially for its fragrant golden nocturnal flowersplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


BARTONIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Annual grown especially for its fragrant golden nocturnal flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bartonia; Mentzelia lindleyi

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

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Holonyms ("bartonia" is a member of...):

genus Mentzelia; Mentzelia (genus of bristly herbs or subshrubs of western America lacking stinging hairs)


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