GENUS LOBELIA
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Lobelia mean? • GENUS LOBELIA (noun)
The noun GENUS LOBELIA has 1 sense:
1. in some classifications considered the type genus of a separate family Lobeliaceae
Familiarity information: GENUS LOBELIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS LOBELIA (noun)
Meaning:
In some classifications considered the type genus of a separate family Lobeliaceae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Lobelia" 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 Lobelia"):
lobelia (any plant or flower of the genus Lobelia)
Holonyms ("genus Lobelia" is a member of...):
bellflower family; Campanulaceae; family Campanulaceae (family of plants of the order Campanulales; in some classifications includes Lobeliaceae)
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