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ACALYPHA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Acalypha mean?
• ACALYPHA (noun)
The noun ACALYPHA has 1 sense:
1. a genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae
Familiarity information: ACALYPHA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Acalypha; genus Acalypha
Hypernyms ("Acalypha" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Acalypha"):
Acalypha virginica; three-seeded mercury (weedy herb of eastern North America)
Holonyms ("Acalypha" is a member of...):
Euphorbiaceae; family Euphorbiaceae; spurge family (a family of plants of order Geraniales)
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