GENUS LUNARIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Lunaria mean? 

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

1. small genus of European herbs: honesty

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS LUNARIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of European herbs: honesty

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Lunaria; Lunaria

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Lunaria"):

honesty; Lunaria annua; money plant; satin flower; satinpod; silver dollar (southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration)

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

Brassicaceae; Cruciferae; family Brassicaceae; family Cruciferae; mustard family (a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives)