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ANAGALLIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Chiefly Old World herbs

Synonyms:

Anagallis; genus Anagallis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Anagallis" 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 "Anagallis"):

pimpernel (any of several plants of the genus Anagallis)

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

family Primulaceae; primrose family; Primulaceae (a dicotyledonous family of the order Primulales with a regular flower; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere)

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