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GENUS PLEIOSPILOS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Perennial succulents of South Africa

Synonyms:

genus Pleiospilos; Pleiospilos

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Meronyms (members of "genus Pleiospilos"):

living granite; living rock; stone mimicry plant (highly succulent stemless clump-forming plants with grey-green leaves similar in texture to lumps of granite; South Africa)

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

Aizoaceae; carpetweed family; family Aizoaceae; family Tetragoniaceae; Tetragoniaceae (succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds)

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