PEPEROMIA

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Meaning:

Any of various plants of the genus Peperomia; grown primarily for their often succulent foliage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "peperomia"):

Peperomia argyreia; Peperomia sandersii; watermelon begonia (grown as a houseplant for its silvery striped fleshy foliage; South America)

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

genus Peperomia (large genus of small tropical usually succulent herbs)

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