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CENTUNCULUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A dicotyledonous genus of the family Primulaceae

Synonyms:

Centunculus; genus Centunculus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Centunculus" 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 "Centunculus"):

bastard pimpernel; chaffweed; false pimpernel (weedy plant having short dry chafflike leaves)

Holonyms ("Centunculus" 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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