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GENUS RAOULIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Raoulia mean?
• GENUS RAOULIA (noun)
The noun GENUS RAOULIA has 1 sense:
1. genus of low-growing mat-forming New Zealand plants; in some classifications includes species placed in genus Haastia
Familiarity information: GENUS RAOULIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of low-growing mat-forming New Zealand plants; in some classifications includes species placed in genus Haastia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Raoulia; Raoulia
Hypernyms ("genus Raoulia" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Raoulia"):
Raoulia australis; Raoulia lutescens; sheep plant; vegetable sheep (perennial prostrate mat-forming herb with hoary woolly foliage)
Holonyms ("genus Raoulia" 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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