Library / English Dictionary

LEPTARRHENA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

One species: leatherleaf saxifrage

Synonyms:

genus Leptarrhena; Leptarrhena

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Leptarrhena"):

leatherleaf saxifrage; Leptarrhena pyrolifolia (plant with basal leathery elliptic leaves and erect leafless flower stalks each bearing a dense roundish cluster of tiny white flowers; moist places of northwestern North America to Oregon and Idaho)

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

family Saxifragaceae; Saxifragaceae; saxifrage family (a large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs; widely distributed in northern temperate and cold regions; sometimes includes genera of the family Hydrangeaceae)

Credits