GENUS CENTUNCULUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Centunculus mean? 

• GENUS CENTUNCULUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS CENTUNCULUS has 1 sense:

1. a dicotyledonous genus of the family Primulaceae

  Familiarity information: GENUS CENTUNCULUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS CENTUNCULUS (noun)

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Meaning:

A dicotyledonous genus of the family Primulaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Centunculus; genus Centunculus

Hypernyms ("genus Centunculus" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "genus Centunculus"):

bastard pimpernel; chaffweed; false pimpernel (weedy plant having short dry chafflike leaves)

Holonyms ("genus Centunculus" is a member of...):

family Primulaceae; primrose family; Primulaceae (a dicotyledonous family of the order Primulales with a regular flower; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere)