HYBANTHUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A genus of herbs and small shrubs with white or purple flowers; grows in tropical or subtropical regions

Synonyms:

genus Hybanthus; Hybanthus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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

family Violaceae; Violaceae; violet family (a family of order Parietales including the genera Viola, Hybanthus, Hymenanthera, Melicytus)

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