STREPTOCARPUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does streptocarpus mean? 

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

1. any of various plants of the genus Streptocarpus having leaves in a basal rosette and flowers like primroses

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• STREPTOCARPUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various plants of the genus Streptocarpus having leaves in a basal rosette and flowers like primroses

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Nouns denoting plants

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

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

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

Cape primrose (any of various African plants of the genus Streptocarpus widely cultivated especially as houseplants for their showy blue or purple flowers)

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

genus Streptocarpus (large genus of usually stemless African or Asian herbs: Cape primrose)