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GENUS MATTHIOLA

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

1. genus of Old World plants grown as ornamentals

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

• GENUS MATTHIOLA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Genus of Old World plants grown as ornamentals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Matthiola; Matthiola

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Matthiola"):

gillyflower; stock (any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers)

brompton stock; Matthiola incana (European plant with racemes of sweet-scented flowers; widely cultivated as an ornamental)

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

Brassicaceae; Cruciferae; family Brassicaceae; family Cruciferae; mustard family (plants with four-petaled flowers)

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Pronunciation of stock
Meaning of brompton stock
Meaning of Matthiola incana
Meaning of family Brassicaceae
Meaning of family Cruciferae

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