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MENTZELIA

Dictionary entry overview: What does Mentzelia mean?

• MENTZELIA (noun)
The noun MENTZELIA has 1 sense:

1. genus of bristly herbs or subshrubs of western America lacking stinging hairs

Familiarity information: MENTZELIA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MENTZELIA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Genus of bristly herbs or subshrubs of western America lacking stinging hairs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Mentzelia; Mentzelia

Hypernyms ("Mentzelia" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "Mentzelia"):

blazing star; Mentzelia laevicaulis; Mentzelia livicaulis (biennial of southwestern United States having white stems and toothed leaves that is grown for its large pale yellow flowers that open in early morning)

bartonia; Mentzelia lindleyi (annual grown especially for its fragrant golden nocturnal flowers)

Holonyms ("Mentzelia" is a member of...):

family Loasaceae; loasa family; Loasaceae (family of bristly hairy sometimes climbing plants; America and Africa and southern Arabia)

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