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LEPTARRHENA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Leptarrhena mean?
• LEPTARRHENA (noun)
The noun LEPTARRHENA has 1 sense:
1. one species: leatherleaf saxifrage
Familiarity information: LEPTARRHENA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One species: leatherleaf saxifrage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Leptarrhena; Leptarrhena
Hypernyms ("Leptarrhena" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Leptarrhena"):
leatherleaf saxifrage; Leptarrhena pyrolifolia (plant with basal leathery elliptic leaves and erect leafless flower stalks each bearing a dense roundish cluster of tiny white flowers; moist places of northwestern North America to Oregon and Idaho)
Holonyms ("Leptarrhena" is a member of...):
family Saxifragaceae; Saxifragaceae; saxifrage family (a large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs; widely distributed in northern temperate and cold regions; sometimes includes genera of the family Hydrangeaceae)
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