DOROTHEANTHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dorotheanthus mean? 

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

1. a caryophyllaceous genus of Dorotheanthus

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOROTHEANTHUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A caryophyllaceous genus of Dorotheanthus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dorotheanthus; genus Dorotheanthus

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

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Meronyms (members of "Dorotheanthus"):

Dorotheanthus bellidiformis; livingstone daisy (low-growing showy succulent annual of South Africa having white or pink or red or orange flowers and spatulate leaves covered in papillae that resemble small crystals)

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

Aizoaceae; carpetweed family; family Aizoaceae; family Tetragoniaceae; Tetragoniaceae (succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds)