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SALPICHROA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Herbs of temperate North and South America: cock's eggs

Synonyms:

genus Salpichroa; Salpichroa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Salpichroa"):

cock's eggs; Salpichroa organifolia; Salpichroa rhomboidea (weedy vine of Argentina having solitary white flowers followed by egg-shaped white or yellow fruit)

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

family Solanaceae; potato family; Solanaceae (large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous; includes the genera Solanum, Atropa, Brugmansia, Capsicum, Datura, Hyoscyamus, Lycopersicon, Nicotiana, Petunia, Physalis, and Solandra)

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