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GENUS SPERGULA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small genus of Old World annual herbs: corn spurry
Synonyms:
genus Spergula; Spergula
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Spergula" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Meronyms (members of "genus Spergula"):
corn spurrey; corn spurry; Spergula arvensis (small European weed with whorled leaves and white flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Spergula" is a member of...):
carnation family; Caryophyllaceae; family Caryophyllaceae; pink family (large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes))