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SAINTPAULIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Saintpaulia mean?
• SAINTPAULIA (noun)
The noun SAINTPAULIA has 1 sense:
1. east African herb with nodding flowers; widely cultivated
Familiarity information: SAINTPAULIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
East African herb with nodding flowers; widely cultivated
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Saintpaulia; Saintpaulia
Hypernyms ("Saintpaulia" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Saintpaulia"):
African violet; Saintpaulia ionantha (tropical African plant cultivated as a houseplant for its violet or white or pink flowers)
Holonyms ("Saintpaulia" is a member of...):
family Gesneriaceae; gesneria family; Gesneriaceae (large family of tropical herbs or shrubs or lianas; in some classification systems placed in the order Scrophulariales)
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