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HELIOPHILA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does heliophila mean?
• HELIOPHILA (noun)
The noun HELIOPHILA has 1 sense:
1. any of various South African herbs and subshrubs cultivated for long showy racemes of bright blue flowers with white eyes
Familiarity information: HELIOPHILA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various South African herbs and subshrubs cultivated for long showy racemes of bright blue flowers with white eyes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("heliophila" is a kind of...):
flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)
Holonyms ("heliophila" is a member of...):
genus Heliophila (genus of South African flowering herbs and subshrubs)
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