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