KOSTELETZYA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Kosteletzya mean? 

• KOSTELETZYA (noun)
  The noun KOSTELETZYA has 1 sense:

1. small genus of herbs of southeastern United States and tropical America and Africa

  Familiarity information: KOSTELETZYA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KOSTELETZYA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of herbs of southeastern United States and tropical America and Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Kosteletzya; Kosteletzya

Hypernyms ("Kosteletzya" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "Kosteletzya"):

seashore mallow (any of various plants of the genus Kosteletzya predominantly of coastal habitats; grown for their flowers that resemble hibiscus)

Holonyms ("Kosteletzya" is a member of...):

family Malvaceae; mallow family; Malvaceae (herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra)