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GENUS CALADIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Caladium mean?
• GENUS CALADIUM (noun)
The noun GENUS CALADIUM has 1 sense:
1. small genus of tropical South American tuberous perennials with large variously colored leaves
Familiarity information: GENUS CALADIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of tropical South American tuberous perennials with large variously colored leaves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Caladium" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "genus Caladium"):
caladium (any plant of the genus Caladium cultivated for their ornamental foliage variously patterned in white or pink or red)
Holonyms ("genus Caladium" is a member of...):
Araceae; arum family; family Araceae (anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron)
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