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TETRAGONIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

New Zealand spinach

Synonyms:

genus Tetragonia; Tetragonia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

Meronyms (members of "Tetragonia"):

New Zealand spinach; Tetragonia expansa; Tetragonia tetragonioides (coarse sprawling Australasian plant with red or yellow flowers; cultivated for its edible young shoots and succulent leaves)

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

Aizoaceae; carpetweed family; family Aizoaceae; family Tetragoniaceae; Tetragoniaceae (succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds)

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