BERGENIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bergenia mean? 

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

1. any plant of the genus Bergenia; valued as an evergreen ground cover and for the spring blossoms

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BERGENIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any plant of the genus Bergenia; valued as an evergreen ground cover and for the spring blossoms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("bergenia" 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)

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

genus Bergenia (genus of perennial spring-blooming rhizomatous herbs with thick evergreen leaves; eastern Asia)