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GENUS ROMNEYA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Romneya mean? 

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

1. one species: matilija poppyplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS ROMNEYA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

One species: matilija poppy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Romneya; Romneya

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Romneya"):

California tree poppy; matilija poppy; Romneya coulteri (tall branching subshrub of California and Mexico often cultivated for its silvery-blue foliage and large fragrant white flowers)

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

family Papaveraceae; Papaveraceae; poppy family (herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits)


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