PERICALLIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pericallis mean? 

• PERICALLIS (noun)
  The noun PERICALLIS has 1 sense:

1. cineraria

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERICALLIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cineraria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Pericallis; Pericallis

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Pericallis"):

cineraria; Pericallis cruenta; Senecio cruentus (herb of Canary Islands widely cultivated for its blue or purple or red or variegated daisylike flowers)

florest's cineraria; Pericallis hybrida (herb derived from Pericallis cruenta and widely cultivated in a variety of profusely flowering forms with florets from white to pink to red or purple or violet or blue)

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

aster family; Asteraceae; Compositae; family Asteraceae; family Compositae (plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia)