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GENUS GYPSOPHILA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Gypsophila mean?
• GENUS GYPSOPHILA (noun)
The noun GENUS GYPSOPHILA has 1 sense:
1. Mediterranean herbs having small white or pink flowers
Familiarity information: GENUS GYPSOPHILA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mediterranean herbs having small white or pink flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Gypsophila; Gypsophila
Hypernyms ("genus Gypsophila" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Meronyms (members of "genus Gypsophila"):
babies'-breath; baby's breath; Gypsophila paniculata (tall plant with small lance-shaped leaves and numerous tiny white or pink flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Gypsophila" is a member of...):
carnation family; Caryophyllaceae; family Caryophyllaceae; pink family (large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes))
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