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GENUS KOSTELETZYA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Kosteletzya mean?
• GENUS KOSTELETZYA (noun)
The noun GENUS KOSTELETZYA has 1 sense:
1. small genus of herbs of southeastern United States and tropical America and Africa
Familiarity information: GENUS KOSTELETZYA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of herbs of southeastern United States and tropical America and Africa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Kosteletzya; Kosteletzya
Hypernyms ("genus Kosteletzya" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Kosteletzya"):
seashore mallow (any of various plants of the genus Kosteletzya predominantly of coastal habitats; grown for their flowers that resemble hibiscus)
Holonyms ("genus Kosteletzya" is a member of...):
family Malvaceae; mallow family; Malvaceae (herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra)
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