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EPISCIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does episcia mean?
• EPISCIA (noun)
The noun EPISCIA has 1 sense:
1. any plant of the genus Episcia; usually creeping and stoloniferous and of cascading habit; grown for their colorful foliage and flowers
Familiarity information: EPISCIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any plant of the genus Episcia; usually creeping and stoloniferous and of cascading habit; grown for their colorful foliage and flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("episcia" is a kind of...):
houseplant (any of a variety of plants grown indoors for decorative purposes)
Holonyms ("episcia" is a member of...):
genus Episcia (genus of tropical American herbs having soft hairy foliage)
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