GENUS LIMONIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Limonium mean? 

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

1. sea lavender

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS LIMONIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sea lavender

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Limonium; Limonium

Hypernyms ("genus Limonium" 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 Limonium"):

marsh rosemary; sea lavender; statice (any of various plants of the genus Limonium of temperate salt marshes having spikes of white or mauve flowers)

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

family Plumbaginaceae; leadwort family; Plumbaginaceae; sea-lavender family (perennial herbs and shrubs and lianas; cosmopolitan especially in saltwater areas)