GENUS LINNAEA
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Linnaea mean? • GENUS LINNAEA (noun)
The noun GENUS LINNAEA has 1 sense:
1. one species: twinflower
Familiarity information: GENUS LINNAEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS LINNAEA (noun)
Meaning:
One species: twinflower
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Linnaea; Linnaea
Hypernyms ("genus Linnaea" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Linnaea"):
Linnaea borealis; twinflower (creeping evergreen subshrub of the northern parts of Europe and Asia with delicate fragrant tubular bell-shaped usually pink flowers borne in pairs)
American twinflower; Linnaea borealis americana (similar to the twinflower of northern Europe and Asia)
Holonyms ("genus Linnaea" is a member of...):
Caprifoliaceae; family Caprifoliaceae; honeysuckle family (shrubs and small trees and woody vines)
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