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GENUS BOYKINIA

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Meaning:

Genus of perennial rhizomatous herbs with flowers in panicles; North America; Japan

Synonyms:

Boykinia; genus Boykinia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Boykinia"):

Boykinia elata; Boykinia occidentalis; coast boykinia (plant with leaves mostly at the base and openly branched clusters of small white flowers; western North America)

Holonyms ("genus Boykinia" 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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