HERMANNIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hermannia mean? 

• HERMANNIA (noun)
  The noun HERMANNIA has 1 sense:

1. genus of African herbs and subshrubs having honey-scented bell-shaped flowers

  Familiarity information: HERMANNIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HERMANNIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of African herbs and subshrubs having honey-scented bell-shaped flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Hermannia; Hermannia

Hypernyms ("Hermannia" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "Hermannia"):

Hermannia verticillata; honey bell; honeybells; Mahernia verticillata (African shrub having decumbent stems and slender yellow honey-scented flowers either solitary or in pairs)

Holonyms ("Hermannia" is a member of...):

family Sterculiaceae; sterculia family; Sterculiaceae (a large family of plants of order Malvales)