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