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GOMPHRENA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs having flowers in close heads; tropical America and Australia

Synonyms:

genus Gomphrena; Gomphrena

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Gomphrena" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "Gomphrena"):

bachelor's button; globe amaranth; Gomphrena globosa (tropical American herb having rose to red or purple flowers that can be dried without losing color)

Holonyms ("Gomphrena" is a member of...):

amaranth family; Amaranthaceae; family Amaranthaceae (cosmopolitan family of herbs and shrubs)

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