GENUS PROBOSCIDEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Proboscidea mean? 

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

1. in some classifications included in the genus Martynia and hence the two taxonomic names for some of the unicorn plants

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS PROBOSCIDEA (noun)

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Meaning:

In some classifications included in the genus Martynia and hence the two taxonomic names for some of the unicorn plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Proboscidea; Proboscidea

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

plant genus (a genus of plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Proboscidea"):

common devil's claw; common unicorn plant; devil's claw; elephant-tusk; Proboscidea louisianica; proboscis flower; ram's horn (annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak)

Martynia arenaria; Proboscidea arenaria; sand devil's claw (alternatively placed in genus Martynia)

Martynia fragrans; Proboscidea fragrans; sweet unicorn plant (a herbaceous plant of the genus Proboscidea)

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

family Pedaliaceae; Pedaliaceae; sesame family (the family of plants of order Polemoniales)