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HIBBERTIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hibbertia mean? 

HIBBERTIA (noun)
  The noun HIBBERTIA has 1 sense:

1. evergreen heathlike or scandent shrubs of Madagascar; Australasia; Polynesiaplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


HIBBERTIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Evergreen heathlike or scandent shrubs of Madagascar; Australasia; Polynesia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Hibbertia; Hibbertia

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Hibbertia"):

guinea flower; guinea gold vine (any of several Australasian evergreen vines widely cultivated in warm regions for their large bright yellow single flowers)

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

Dilleniaceae; family Dilleniaceae (chiefly tropical shrubs and trees and climbers having leathery leaves or flattened leaflike stems: genera Dillenia and Hibbertia)


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