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GENUS MENTZELIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of bristly herbs or subshrubs of western America lacking stinging hairs
Synonyms:
genus Mentzelia; Mentzelia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Mentzelia" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Mentzelia"):
blazing star; Mentzelia laevicaulis; Mentzelia livicaulis (biennial of southwestern United States having white stems and toothed leaves that is grown for its large pale yellow flowers that open in early morning)
bartonia; Mentzelia lindleyi (annual grown especially for its fragrant golden nocturnal flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Mentzelia" is a member of...):
family Loasaceae; loasa family; Loasaceae (family of bristly hairy sometimes climbing plants; America and Africa and southern Arabia)
