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PHOLISTOMA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pholistoma mean?
• PHOLISTOMA (noun)
The noun PHOLISTOMA has 1 sense:
1. straggling herbs of southwestern United States
Familiarity information: PHOLISTOMA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Straggling herbs of southwestern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Pholistoma; Pholistoma
Hypernyms ("Pholistoma" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Pholistoma"):
fiesta flower; Nemophila aurita; Pholistoma auritum (straggling California annual herb with deep purple or violet flowers; sometimes placed in genus Nemophila)
Holonyms ("Pholistoma" is a member of...):
family Hydrophyllaceae; Hydrophyllaceae; waterleaf family (perennial woodland herbs)
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