LITHOPHRAGMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lithophragma mean? 

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

1. small genus of perennial herbs of the western North America

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LITHOPHRAGMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of perennial herbs of the western North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Lithophragma; Lithophragma

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Lithophragma"):

Lithophragma affine; Lithophragma affinis; Tellima affinis; woodland star (California perennial herb cultivated for its racemose white flowers with widely spreading petals; sometimes placed in genus Tellima)

Lithophragma parviflorum; prairie star (plant with mostly basal leaves and slender open racemes of white or pale pink flowers; prairies and open forest of northwestern United States to British Columbia and Alberta)

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

family Saxifragaceae; Saxifragaceae; saxifrage family (a large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs; widely distributed in northern temperate and cold regions; sometimes includes genera of the family Hydrangeaceae)