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SUBULARIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Subularia mean?
• SUBULARIA (noun)
The noun SUBULARIA has 1 sense:
1. small genus of herbs of north temperate regions and mountains of tropical Africa
Familiarity information: SUBULARIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of herbs of north temperate regions and mountains of tropical Africa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Subularia; Subularia
Hypernyms ("Subularia" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "Subularia"):
awlwort; Subularia aquatica (small aquatic plant having tufted awl-shaped leaves in a basal rosette and minute white flowers; circumboreal)
Holonyms ("Subularia" is a member of...):
Brassicaceae; Cruciferae; family Brassicaceae; family Cruciferae; mustard family (a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives)
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