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GENUS EMMANTHE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Emmanthe mean?
• GENUS EMMANTHE (noun)
The noun GENUS EMMANTHE has 1 sense:
1. one species: yellow bells
Familiarity information: GENUS EMMANTHE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One species: yellow bells
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Emmanthe; genus Emmanthe
Hypernyms ("genus Emmanthe" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Emmanthe"):
California yellow bells; Emmanthe penduliflora; whispering bells; yellow bells (viscid herb of arid or desert habitats of southwestern United States having pendulous yellow flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Emmanthe" is a member of...):
family Hydrophyllaceae; Hydrophyllaceae; waterleaf family (perennial woodland herbs)
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