PLATYSTEMON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Platystemon mean? 

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

1. one species: creamcups

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLATYSTEMON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One species: creamcups

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Platystemon; Platystemon

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Platystemon"):

creamcups; Platystemon californicus (California plant with small pale yellow flowers)

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

family Papaveraceae; Papaveraceae; poppy family (herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits)