SHORTIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shortia mean? 

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

1. any plant of the genus Shortia; evergreen perennial herbs with smooth leathery basal leaves and showy white solitary flowers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHORTIA (noun)

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Meaning:

Any plant of the genus Shortia; evergreen perennial herbs with smooth leathery basal leaves and showy white solitary flowers

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Nouns denoting plants

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

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shortia"):

oconee bells; Shortia galacifolia (plant of southeastern United States having solitary white funnel-shaped flowers flushed with pink and large glossy green leaves that turn bronze-red in fall)

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

genus Shortia (evergreen perennial herbs of North America and eastern Asia: oconee bells)