EXACUM AFFINE

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Meaning:

Perennial cultivated especially as a houseplant for its fragrant bluish to dark lavender flowers

Synonyms:

Exacum affine; Persian violet

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Exacum affine" is a kind of...):

houseplant (any of a variety of plants grown indoors for decorative purposes)

Holonyms ("Exacum affine" is a member of...):

Exacum; genus Exacum (genus of tropical Asiatic and African plants: especially Persian violets)

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