CALLIRHOE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Callirhoe mean? 

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

1. small genus of North American herbs having usually red or purple flowers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CALLIRHOE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of North American herbs having usually red or purple flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Callirhoe; genus Callirhoe

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Callirhoe"):

poppy mallow (a plant of the genus Callirhoe having palmately cleft leaves and white to red or purple flowers borne throughout the summer)

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

family Malvaceae; mallow family; Malvaceae (herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra)