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IRESINE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Iresine mean?
• IRESINE (noun)
The noun IRESINE has 1 sense:
1. genus of tropical American herbs or subshrubs
Familiarity information: IRESINE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of tropical American herbs or subshrubs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Iresine; Iresine
Hypernyms ("Iresine" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Meronyms (members of "Iresine"):
bloodleaf (any plant of the genus Iresine having colored foliage)
Holonyms ("Iresine" is a member of...):
amaranth family; Amaranthaceae; family Amaranthaceae (cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs)
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