GENUS BERGENIA

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Meaning:

Genus of perennial spring-blooming rhizomatous herbs with thick evergreen leaves; eastern Asia

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Bergenia" is a kind of...):

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Bergenia"):

bergenia (any plant of the genus Bergenia; valued as an evergreen ground cover and for the spring blossoms)

Holonyms ("genus Bergenia" is a member of...):

family Saxifragaceae; Saxifragaceae; saxifrage family (a large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs; widely distributed in northern temperate and cold regions; sometimes includes genera of the family Hydrangeaceae)

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