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GENUS LITHOSPERMUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Lithospermum mean?
• GENUS LITHOSPERMUM (noun)
The noun GENUS LITHOSPERMUM has 1 sense:
1. annual or perennial herbaceous or shrubby plants; cosmopolitan except Australia
Familiarity information: GENUS LITHOSPERMUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Annual or perennial herbaceous or shrubby plants; cosmopolitan except Australia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Lithospermum; Lithospermum
Hypernyms ("genus Lithospermum" is a kind of...):
plant genus (a genus of plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Lithospermum"):
gromwell; Lithospermum officinale (European perennial branching plant; occurs in hedgerows and at the edge of woodlands)
Lithospermum caroliniense; puccoon (perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment)
hoary puccoon; Indian paint; Lithospermum canescens (perennial North American plant with greyish hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment)
Holonyms ("genus Lithospermum" is a member of...):
borage family; Boraginaceae; family Boraginaceae (a widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit)
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