LINANTHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Linanthus mean? 

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

1. a genus of herbs of the family Polemoniaceae; found in western United States

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LINANTHUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of herbs of the family Polemoniaceae; found in western United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Linanthus; Linanthus

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

plant genus (a genus of plants)

Meronyms (members of "Linanthus"):

fringed pink; ground pink; Linanthus dianthiflorus; moss pink (low wiry-stemmed branching herb or southern California having fringed pink flowers)

evening-snow; Linanthus dichotomus (small California annual with white flowers)

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

family Polemoniaceae; phlox family; Polemoniaceae (a widely distributed family of chiefly herbaceous plants of the order Polemoniales; often have showy flowers)