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GENUS HYBANTHUS

Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Hybanthus mean?

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

1. a genus of herbs and small shrubs with white or purple flowers; grows in tropical or subtropical regions

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

Dictionary entry details

• GENUS HYBANTHUS (noun)

Sense 1

genus Hybanthus ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A genus of herbs and small shrubs with white or purple flowers; grows in tropical or subtropical regions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Hybanthus; Hybanthus

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

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

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

family Violaceae; Violaceae; violet family (a family of order Parietales including the genera Viola, Hybanthus, Hymenanthera, Melicytus)

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