NYCTAGINIA CAPITATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Nyctaginia capitata mean? 

• NYCTAGINIA CAPITATA (noun)
  The noun NYCTAGINIA CAPITATA has 1 sense:

1. viscid branched perennial of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having tuberous roots and deep red flowers

  Familiarity information: NYCTAGINIA CAPITATA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NYCTAGINIA CAPITATA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Viscid branched perennial of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having tuberous roots and deep red flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Nyctaginia capitata; scarlet musk flower

Hypernyms ("Nyctaginia capitata" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Holonyms ("Nyctaginia capitata" is a member of...):

genus Nyctaginia; Nyctaginia (a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Nyctaginaceae having only one species)