GENUS SUBULARIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Subularia mean? 

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

1. small genus of herbs of north temperate regions and mountains of tropical Africa

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS SUBULARIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of herbs of north temperate regions and mountains of tropical Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Subularia; Subularia

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Subularia"):

awlwort; Subularia aquatica (small aquatic plant having tufted awl-shaped leaves in a basal rosette and minute white flowers; circumboreal)

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

Brassicaceae; Cruciferae; family Brassicaceae; family Cruciferae; mustard family (a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives)