Audio English.net » Dictionary » G » Genus Aedes ... Genus Alopex

GENUS ALLIONIA

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

1. small genus of chiefly American herbs

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

• GENUS ALLIONIA (noun)

Sense 1

genus Allionia ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Small genus of chiefly American herbs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Allionia; genus Allionia

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

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Meronyms (members of "genus Allionia"):

Allionia incarnata; trailing four o'clock; trailing windmills (trailing plant having crowded clusters of 3 brilliant deep pink flowers resembling a single flower blooming near the ground; found in dry gravelly or sandy soil; southwestern United States and Mexico)

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

Allioniaceae; family Allioniaceae; family Nyctaginaceae; four-o'clock family; Nyctaginaceae (a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales)

"You are responsible for you."
(English proverb)
"The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives."
(Native American proverb, Sioux)
"Leave evil, it will leave you."
(Arabic proverb)
"If your friend is like honey, don't eat it all."
(Egyptian proverb)

Useful links:
caryophylloid dicot genus definition
Definition of Allionia incarnata
trailing four o'clock definition
Pronunciation of trailing windmills
family Allioniaceae definition

What other visitors were searching for:

Definition of genus Allionia
British accent
Proper usage of the word genus Allionia
English language terminology
What does genus Allionia mean?
Audio English words
Genus Allionia meaning

Page delivered in 0.0503 seconds