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GENUS PERICALLIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pericallis mean? 

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

1. cinerariaplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS PERICALLIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Cineraria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Pericallis; Pericallis

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Pericallis"):

cineraria; Pericallis cruenta; Senecio cruentus (herb of Canary Islands widely cultivated for its blue or purple or red or variegated daisylike flowers)

florest's cineraria; Pericallis hybrida (herb derived from Pericallis cruenta and widely cultivated in a variety of profusely flowering forms with florets from white to pink to red or purple or violet or blue)

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

aster family; Asteraceae; Compositae; family Asteraceae; family Compositae (plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia)


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