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SWERTIA

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Meaning:

Genus of herbs of mountains of North America and Eurasia and Africa

Synonyms:

genus Swertia; Swertia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Swertia"):

marsh felwort; Swertia perennia (perennial of damp places in mountains of Eurasia and North America having dull-colored blue or violet flowers)

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

family Gentianaceae; gentian family; Gentianaceae (chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers; some are cultivated as ornamentals)

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