CASTILLEIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Castilleia mean? 

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

1. genus of western North and South American perennials often partially parasitic on roots of grasses

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CASTILLEIA (noun)

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Meaning:

Genus of western North and South American perennials often partially parasitic on roots of grasses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Castilleia; Castilleja; genus Castilleia; genus Castilleja

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Castilleia"):

Indian paintbrush; painted cup (any of various plants of the genus Castilleja having dense spikes of hooded flowers with brightly colored bracts)

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

family Scrophulariaceae; figwort family; foxglove family; Scrophulariaceae (a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales; includes figwort and snapdragon and foxglove and toadflax and speedwell and mullein; in some classifications placed in the order Scrophulariales)