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GENUS FRASERA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of North American herbs: columbo; includes some species sometimes placed in genus Swertia
Synonyms:
Frasera; genus Frasera
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Frasera" 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 "genus Frasera"):
American columbo; American gentian; columbo; deer's-ear; deer's-ears; pyramid plant (any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington)
Frasera speciosa; green gentian; Swertia speciosa (tall herb with panicles of white flowers flushed with green; northwestern United States; sometimes placed in genus Swertia)
Holonyms ("genus Frasera" is a member of...):
family Gentianaceae; gentian family; Gentianaceae (chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers; some are cultivated as ornamentals)
