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POLANISIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Polanisia mean? 

POLANISIA (noun)
  The noun POLANISIA has 1 sense:

1. widely distributed herbs having palmate leaves and creamy white to or pink to magenta flowers with many stamens of unequal lengthplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


POLANISIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Widely distributed herbs having palmate leaves and creamy white to or pink to magenta flowers with many stamens of unequal length

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Polanisia; Polanisia

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Polanisia"):

clammyweed; Polanisia dodecandra; Polanisia graveolens (strong-scented herb common in southern United States covered with intermixed gland and hairs)

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

caper family; Capparidaceae; family Capparidaceae (a dilleniid dicot family of the order Rhoeadales that includes: genera Capparis, Cleome, Crateva, and Polanisia)


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