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GENUS HELXINE

Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Helxine mean?

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

1. one species; a dwarf creeping mat-forming evergreen herb

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

Dictionary entry details

• GENUS HELXINE (noun)

Sense 1

genus Helxine ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

One species; a dwarf creeping mat-forming evergreen herb

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Helxine; genus Soleirolia; Helxine; Soleirolia

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

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "genus Helxine"):

baby tears; baby's tears; Helxine soleirolia; Soleirolia soleirolii (prostrate or creeping Corsican herb with mosslike small round short-stemmed leaves)

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

family Urticaceae; nettle family; Urticaceae (a family of plants of order Urticales including many nettles with stinging hairs)

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