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GENUS SANVITALIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of tropical American annual herbs: creeping zinnia
Synonyms:
genus Sanvitalia; Sanvitalia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Sanvitalia" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Sanvitalia"):
creeping zinnia; Sanvitalia procumbens (low-branching leafy annual with flower heads resembling zinnias; found in southwestern United States and Mexico to Guatemala)
Holonyms ("genus Sanvitalia" is a member of...):
aster family; Asteraceae; Compositae; family Asteraceae; family Compositae (plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia)
