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ALSOBIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Tropical American herbs sometimes included in genus Episcia

Synonyms:

Alsobia; genus Alsobia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Alsobia"):

Alsobia dianthiflora; Episcia dianthiflora; lace-flower vine (low-growing creeping perennial of Central America having deeply fringed white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Episcia)

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

family Gesneriaceae; gesneria family; Gesneriaceae (large family of tropical herbs or shrubs or lianas; in some classification systems placed in the order Scrophulariales)

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