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GENUS SINNINGIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Sinningia mean?
• GENUS SINNINGIA (noun)
The noun GENUS SINNINGIA has 1 sense:
1. genus of perennial tuberous herbs and shrubs of Central and South America
Familiarity information: GENUS SINNINGIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of perennial tuberous herbs and shrubs of Central and South America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Sinningia; Sinningia
Hypernyms ("genus Sinningia" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Sinningia"):
florist's gloxinia; Gloxinia spesiosa; Sinningia speciosa (South American herb cultivated in many varieties as a houseplant for its large handsome leaves and large variously colored bell-shaped flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Sinningia" 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)
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