GENUS CALLIRHOE
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Callirhoe mean? • GENUS CALLIRHOE (noun)
The noun GENUS CALLIRHOE has 1 sense:
1. small genus of North American herbs having usually red or purple flowers
Familiarity information: GENUS CALLIRHOE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS CALLIRHOE (noun)
Meaning:
Small genus of North American herbs having usually red or purple flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Callirhoe; genus Callirhoe
Hypernyms ("genus Callirhoe" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Callirhoe"):
poppy mallow (a plant of the genus Callirhoe having palmately cleft leaves and white to red or purple flowers borne throughout the summer)
Holonyms ("genus Callirhoe" is a member of...):
family Malvaceae; mallow family; Malvaceae (herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra)
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