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GENUS RIVINA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Rivina mean?
• GENUS RIVINA (noun)
The noun GENUS RIVINA has 1 sense:
1. small genus of erect perennial shrubby herbs; tropical and subtropical America
Familiarity information: GENUS RIVINA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of erect perennial shrubby herbs; tropical and subtropical America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Rivina; Rivina
Hypernyms ("genus Rivina" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Meronyms (members of "genus Rivina"):
blood berry; bloodberry; Rivina humilis; rouge plant; rougeberry (bushy houseplant having white to pale pink flowers followed by racemes of scarlet berries; tropical Americas)
Holonyms ("genus Rivina" is a member of...):
family Phytolaccaceae; Phytolaccaceae; pokeweed family (chiefly tropical herbaceous plants (including shrubs and trees) with racemose flowers: genera Phytolacca, Agdestis, Ercilla, Rivina, Trichostigma)
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