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CHAENACTIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chaenactis mean? 

CHAENACTIS (noun)
  The noun CHAENACTIS has 1 sense:

1. any of several United States plants having long stalks of funnel-shaped white or yellow flowersplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


CHAENACTIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several United States plants having long stalks of funnel-shaped white or yellow flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("chaenactis" 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 ("chaenactis" is a member of...):

genus Chaenactis (genus of flowering herbs of western United States)


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