SINNINGIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sinningia mean? 

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

1. genus of perennial tuberous herbs and shrubs of Central and South America

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SINNINGIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of perennial tuberous herbs and shrubs of Central and South America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Sinningia; Sinningia

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Sinningia"):

florist's gloxinia; Gloxinia spesiosa; Sinningia speciosa (South American herb cultivated in many varieties as a houseplant for its large handsome leaves and large variously colored bell-shaped flowers)

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

family Gesneriaceae; gesneria family; Gesneriaceae (large family of tropical herbs or shrubs or lianas; in some classification systems placed in the order Scrophulariales)