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GENUS HERMANNIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Hermannia mean? 

GENUS HERMANNIA (noun)
  The noun GENUS HERMANNIA has 1 sense:

1. genus of African herbs and subshrubs having honey-scented bell-shaped flowersplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS HERMANNIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS HERMANNIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of African herbs and subshrubs having honey-scented bell-shaped flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Hermannia; Hermannia

Hypernyms ("genus Hermannia" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "genus Hermannia"):

Hermannia verticillata; honey bell; honeybells; Mahernia verticillata (African shrub having decumbent stems and slender yellow honey-scented flowers either solitary or in pairs)

Holonyms ("genus Hermannia" is a member of...):

family Sterculiaceae; sterculia family; Sterculiaceae (a large family of plants of order Malvales)


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