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GENUS MARTYNIA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
In some classifications includes the unicorn plants
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Martynia" is a kind of...):
plant genus (a genus of plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Martynia"):
martynia; Martynia annua (sprawling annual or perennial herb of Central America and West Indies having creamy-white to red-purple bell-shaped flowers followed by unusual horned fruit)
Holonyms ("genus Martynia" is a member of...):
family Pedaliaceae; Pedaliaceae; sesame family (the family of plants of order Polemoniales)