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SANVITALIA PROCUMBENS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sanvitalia procumbens mean? 

SANVITALIA PROCUMBENS (noun)
  The noun SANVITALIA PROCUMBENS has 1 sense:

1. low-branching leafy annual with flower heads resembling zinnias; found in southwestern United States and Mexico to Guatemalaplay

  Familiarity information: SANVITALIA PROCUMBENS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SANVITALIA PROCUMBENS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Low-branching leafy annual with flower heads resembling zinnias; found in southwestern United States and Mexico to Guatemala

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

creeping zinnia; Sanvitalia procumbens

Hypernyms ("Sanvitalia procumbens" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("Sanvitalia procumbens" is a member of...):

genus Sanvitalia; Sanvitalia (small genus of tropical American annual herbs: creeping zinnia)


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