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GENUS PLATYSTEMON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Platystemon mean?
• GENUS PLATYSTEMON (noun)
The noun GENUS PLATYSTEMON has 1 sense:
1. one species: creamcups
Familiarity information: GENUS PLATYSTEMON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One species: creamcups
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Platystemon; Platystemon
Hypernyms ("genus Platystemon" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Platystemon"):
creamcups; Platystemon californicus (California plant with small pale yellow flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Platystemon" is a member of...):
family Papaveraceae; Papaveraceae; poppy family (herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits)
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