GENUS SANVITALIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Sanvitalia mean? 

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

1. small genus of tropical American annual herbs: creeping zinnia

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS SANVITALIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of tropical American annual herbs: creeping zinnia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Sanvitalia; Sanvitalia

Hypernyms ("genus Sanvitalia" is a kind of...):

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "genus Sanvitalia"):

creeping zinnia; Sanvitalia procumbens (low-branching leafy annual with flower heads resembling zinnias; found in southwestern United States and Mexico to Guatemala)

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

aster family; Asteraceae; Compositae; family Asteraceae; family Compositae (plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia)