SALPIGLOSSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does salpiglossis mean? 

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

1. any plant of the genus Salpiglossis

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SALPIGLOSSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any plant of the genus Salpiglossis

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Nouns denoting plants

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

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "salpiglossis"):

painted tongue; Salpiglossis sinuata (Chilean herb having velvety funnel-shaped yellowish or violet flowers with long tonguelike styles at the corolla throat)

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

genus Salpiglossis (small genus of herbs of the southern Andes having large showy flowers)