SUKSDORFIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does suksdorfia mean? 

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

1. any of several American plants of the genus Suksdorfia having orbicular to kidney-shaped somewhat succulent leaves and white or rose or violet flowers in terminal panicles

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUKSDORFIA (noun)

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Meaning:

Any of several American plants of the genus Suksdorfia having orbicular to kidney-shaped somewhat succulent leaves and white or rose or violet flowers in terminal panicles

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("suksdorfia" 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)

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

Suksdorfia violaceae; violet suksdorfia (slender delicate plant with wide roundish deeply lobed leaves and deep pink to violet funnel-shaped flowers; British Columbia to northern Oregon and west to Idaho and Montana)

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

genus Suksdorfia (small genus of rhizomatous herbs of northwestern America and South America)