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HIBBERTIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hibbertia mean?
• HIBBERTIA (noun)
The noun HIBBERTIA has 1 sense:
1. evergreen heathlike or scandent shrubs of Madagascar; Australasia; Polynesia
Familiarity information: HIBBERTIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Evergreen heathlike or scandent shrubs of Madagascar; Australasia; Polynesia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Hibbertia; Hibbertia
Hypernyms ("Hibbertia" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "Hibbertia"):
guinea flower; guinea gold vine (any of several Australasian evergreen vines widely cultivated in warm regions for their large bright yellow single flowers)
Holonyms ("Hibbertia" is a member of...):
Dilleniaceae; family Dilleniaceae (chiefly tropical shrubs and trees and climbers having leathery leaves or flattened leaflike stems: genera Dillenia and Hibbertia)
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