BOYKINIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Boykinia mean? 

• BOYKINIA (noun)
  The noun BOYKINIA has 1 sense:

1. genus of perennial rhizomatous herbs with flowers in panicles; North America; Japan

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOYKINIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of perennial rhizomatous herbs with flowers in panicles; North America; Japan

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Boykinia; genus Boykinia

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Boykinia"):

Boykinia elata; Boykinia occidentalis; coast boykinia (plant with leaves mostly at the base and openly branched clusters of small white flowers; western North America)

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

family Saxifragaceae; Saxifragaceae; saxifrage family (a large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs; widely distributed in northern temperate and cold regions; sometimes includes genera of the family Hydrangeaceae)