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NYCTAGINIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Nyctaginia mean?
• NYCTAGINIA (noun)
The noun NYCTAGINIA has 1 sense:
1. a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Nyctaginaceae having only one species
Familiarity information: NYCTAGINIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A caryophyllaceous genus of the family Nyctaginaceae having only one species
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Nyctaginia; Nyctaginia
Hypernyms ("Nyctaginia" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Meronyms (members of "Nyctaginia"):
Nyctaginia capitata; scarlet musk flower (viscid branched perennial of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having tuberous roots and deep red flowers)
Holonyms ("Nyctaginia" is a member of...):
Allioniaceae; family Allioniaceae; family Nyctaginaceae; four-o'clock family; Nyctaginaceae (a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales)
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