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CALTHA

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Meaning:

A genus of Caltha

Synonyms:

Caltha; genus Caltha

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

magnoliid dicot genus (genus of dicotyledonous flowering plants regarded as among the most primitive of extant angiosperms)

Meronyms (members of "Caltha"):

Caltha palustris; cowslip; kingcup; marsh marigold; May blob; meadow bright; water dragon (swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups)

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

buttercup family; crowfoot family; family Ranunculaceae; Ranunculaceae (a family of Ranunculaceae)

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