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GENUS MECONOPSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Meconopsis mean? 

GENUS MECONOPSIS (noun)
  The noun GENUS MECONOPSIS has 1 sense:

1. herbs almost entirely of mountains of China and Tibet; often monocarpicplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS MECONOPSIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS MECONOPSIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Herbs almost entirely of mountains of China and Tibet; often monocarpic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Meconopsis; Meconopsis

Hypernyms ("genus Meconopsis" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "genus Meconopsis"):

blue poppy; Meconopsis betonicifolia (Chinese perennial having mauve-pink to bright sky blue flowers in drooping cymes)

Meconopsis cambrica; Welsh poppy (widely cultivated west European plant with showy pale yellow flowers)

Holonyms ("genus Meconopsis" is a member of...):

family Papaveraceae; Papaveraceae; poppy family (herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits)


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