GENUS SAINTPAULIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Saintpaulia mean? 

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

1. east African herb with nodding flowers; widely cultivated

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS SAINTPAULIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

East African herb with nodding flowers; widely cultivated

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Saintpaulia; Saintpaulia

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Saintpaulia"):

African violet; Saintpaulia ionantha (tropical African plant cultivated as a houseplant for its violet or white or pink flowers)

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

family Gesneriaceae; gesneria family; Gesneriaceae (large family of tropical herbs or shrubs or lianas; in some classification systems placed in the order Scrophulariales)