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CENTUNCULUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Centunculus mean?
• CENTUNCULUS (noun)
The noun CENTUNCULUS has 1 sense:
1. a dicotyledonous genus of the family Primulaceae
Familiarity information: CENTUNCULUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A dicotyledonous genus of the family Primulaceae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Centunculus; genus Centunculus
Hypernyms ("Centunculus" 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 "Centunculus"):
bastard pimpernel; chaffweed; false pimpernel (weedy plant having short dry chafflike leaves)
Holonyms ("Centunculus" is a member of...):
family Primulaceae; primrose family; Primulaceae (a dicotyledonous family of the order Primulales with a regular flower; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere)
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