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RIVINA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rivina mean? 

RIVINA (noun)
  The noun RIVINA has 1 sense:

1. small genus of erect perennial shrubby herbs; tropical and subtropical Americaplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


RIVINA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of erect perennial shrubby herbs; tropical and subtropical America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Rivina; Rivina

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

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Meronyms (members of "Rivina"):

blood berry; bloodberry; Rivina humilis; rouge plant; rougeberry (bushy houseplant having white to pale pink flowers followed by racemes of scarlet berries; tropical Americas)

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

family Phytolaccaceae; Phytolaccaceae; pokeweed family (chiefly tropical herbaceous plants (including shrubs and trees) with racemose flowers: genera Phytolacca, Agdestis, Ercilla, Rivina, Trichostigma)


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