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GENUS COMMELINA

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

1. type genus of the Commelinaceae; large genus of herbs of branching or creeping habit: day flower; widow's tears

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

• GENUS COMMELINA (noun)

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Commelinaceae; large genus of herbs of branching or creeping habit: day flower; widow's tears

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "genus Commelina"):

commelina (any plant of the genus Commelina)

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

Commelinaceae; family Commelinaceae; spiderwort family (large widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderworts)

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