ARGYREIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Argyreia mean? 

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

1. woody climbers of tropical Asia to Australia

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARGYREIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Woody climbers of tropical Asia to Australia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Argyreia; genus Argyreia

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

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Argyreia"):

silverweed (any of various twining shrubs of the genus Argyreia having silvery leaves and showy purple flowers)

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

Convolvulaceae; family Convolvulaceae; morning-glory family (morning glory; bindweed; sweet potato; plants having trumpet-shaped flowers and a climbing or twining habit)