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IRESINE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Genus of tropical American herbs or subshrubs

Synonyms:

genus Iresine; Iresine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Iresine"):

bloodleaf (any plant of the genus Iresine having colored foliage)

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

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

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