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RHEXIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Deer grass

Synonyms:

genus Rhexia; Rhexia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

Meronyms (members of "Rhexia"):

deer grass; meadow beauty (any of several plants of the genus Rhexia usually having pink-purple to magenta flowers; eastern North America)

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

family Melastomaceae; family Melastomataceae; meadow-beauty family; Melastomaceae; Melastomataceae (a family of trees and bushes and herbs of order Myrtales; many are cultivated as ornamentals)

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