GENUS IRESINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Iresine mean? 

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

1. genus of tropical American herbs or subshrubs

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS IRESINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of tropical American herbs or subshrubs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Iresine; Iresine

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

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Meronyms (members of "genus Iresine"):

bloodleaf (any plant of the genus Iresine having colored foliage)

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

amaranth family; Amaranthaceae; family Amaranthaceae (cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs)