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GENUS NYCTAGINIA

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

1. a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Nyctaginaceae having only one species

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

• GENUS NYCTAGINIA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A caryophyllaceous genus of the family Nyctaginaceae having only one species

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Nyctaginia; Nyctaginia

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

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Meronyms (members of "genus Nyctaginia"):

Nyctaginia capitata; scarlet musk flower (viscid branched perennial of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having tuberous roots and deep red flowers)

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

Allioniaceae; family Allioniaceae; family Nyctaginaceae; four-o'clock family; Nyctaginaceae (a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales)

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Useful links:
Definition of Nyctaginaceae
Definition of Allioniaceae
Definition of caryophylloid dicot genus
Definition of scarlet musk flower
Definition of Nyctaginia capitata

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