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HERMANNIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Genus of African herbs and subshrubs having honey-scented bell-shaped flowers

Synonyms:

genus Hermannia; Hermannia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Hermannia"):

Hermannia verticillata; honey bell; honeybells; Mahernia verticillata (African shrub having decumbent stems and slender yellow honey-scented flowers either solitary or in pairs)

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

family Sterculiaceae; sterculia family; Sterculiaceae (a large family of plants of order Malvales)

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