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GENUS THUNBERGIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Thunbergia mean?
• GENUS THUNBERGIA (noun)
The noun GENUS THUNBERGIA has 1 sense:
1. a genus of herbs or vines of the family Acanthaceae
Familiarity information: GENUS THUNBERGIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of herbs or vines of the family Acanthaceae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Thunbergia; Thunbergia
Hypernyms ("genus Thunbergia" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Thunbergia"):
black-eyed Susan; black-eyed Susan vine; Thunbergia alata (tropical African climbing plant having yellow flowers with a dark purple center)
Holonyms ("genus Thunbergia" is a member of...):
Acanthaceae; acanthus family; family Acanthaceae (widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales)
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