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HYBANTHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hybanthus mean? 

HYBANTHUS (noun)
  The noun HYBANTHUS has 1 sense:

1. a genus of herbs and small shrubs with white or purple flowers; grows in tropical or subtropical regionsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


HYBANTHUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of herbs and small shrubs with white or purple flowers; grows in tropical or subtropical regions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Hybanthus; Hybanthus

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

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

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

family Violaceae; Violaceae; violet family (a family of order Parietales including the genera Viola, Hybanthus, Hymenanthera, Melicytus)


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