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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 Guatemala
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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