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GENUS ACALYPHA

• GENUS ACALYPHA (noun)
The noun GENUS ACALYPHA has 1 sense:

1. a genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae

Familiarity information: GENUS ACALYPHA used as a noun is very rare.

• GENUS ACALYPHA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A genus of herbs and shrubs belonging to the family Euphorbiaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Acalypha; genus Acalypha

Hypernyms ("genus Acalypha" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Acalypha"):

Acalypha virginica; three-seeded mercury (weedy herb of eastern North America)

Holonyms ("genus Acalypha" is a member of...):

Euphorbiaceae; family Euphorbiaceae; spurge family (a family of plants of order Geraniales)

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