GENUS HYBANTHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Hybanthus mean? 

• GENUS HYBANTHUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS HYBANTHUS has 1 sense:

1. a genus of herbs and small shrubs with white or purple flowers; grows in tropical or subtropical regions

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS HYBANTHUS (noun)

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Meaning:

A genus of herbs and small shrubs with white or purple flowers; grows in tropical or subtropical regions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Hybanthus; Hybanthus

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

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

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

family Violaceae; Violaceae; violet family (a family of order Parietales including the genera Viola, Hybanthus, Hymenanthera, Melicytus)