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GOMPHRENA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Gomphrena mean?
• GOMPHRENA (noun)
The noun GOMPHRENA has 1 sense:
1. genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs having flowers in close heads; tropical America and Australia
Familiarity information: GOMPHRENA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs having flowers in close heads; tropical America and Australia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Gomphrena; Gomphrena
Hypernyms ("Gomphrena" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Meronyms (members of "Gomphrena"):
bachelor's button; globe amaranth; Gomphrena globosa (tropical American herb having rose to red or purple flowers that can be dried without losing color)
Holonyms ("Gomphrena" is a member of...):
amaranth family; Amaranthaceae; family Amaranthaceae (cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs)
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