AESCHYNANTHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aeschynanthus mean? 

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

1. a plant of the genus Aeschynanthus having somewhat red or orange flowers and seeds having distinctive hairs at base and apex

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

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• AESCHYNANTHUS (noun)

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Meaning:

A plant of the genus Aeschynanthus having somewhat red or orange flowers and seeds having distinctive hairs at base and apex

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Nouns denoting plants

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

aerophyte; air plant; epiphyte; epiphytic plant (plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aeschynanthus"):

Aeschynanthus radicans; lipstick plant (epiphyte or creeping on rocks; Malaysian plant having somewhat fleshy leaves and bright red flowers)

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

genus Aeschynanthus (large genus of East Indian ornamental woody epiphytic plants)