PELTIPHYLLUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Peltiphyllum mean? 

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

1. one species

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PELTIPHYLLUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One species

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Darmera; genus Darmera; genus Peltiphyllum; Peltiphyllum

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Peltiphyllum"):

Darmera peltata; Indian rhubarb; Peltiphyllum peltatum; umbrella plant (rhizomatous perennial herb with large dramatic peltate leaves and white to bright pink flowers in round heads on leafless stems; colonizes stream banks in the Sierra Nevada in California)

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

family Saxifragaceae; Saxifragaceae; saxifrage family (a large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs; widely distributed in northern temperate and cold regions; sometimes includes genera of the family Hydrangeaceae)