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SANVITALIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Sanvitalia mean?
• SANVITALIA (noun)
The noun SANVITALIA has 1 sense:
1. small genus of tropical American annual herbs: creeping zinnia
Familiarity information: SANVITALIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of tropical American annual herbs: creeping zinnia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Sanvitalia; Sanvitalia
Hypernyms ("Sanvitalia" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Sanvitalia"):
creeping zinnia; Sanvitalia procumbens (low-branching leafy annual with flower heads resembling zinnias; found in southwestern United States and Mexico to Guatemala)
Holonyms ("Sanvitalia" is a member of...):
aster family; Asteraceae; Compositae; family Asteraceae; family Compositae (plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia)
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