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    CASTILLEIA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Genus of western North and South American perennials often partially parasitic on roots of grassesplay

    Synonyms:

    Castilleia; Castilleja; genus Castilleia; genus Castilleja

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Meronyms (members of "Castilleia"):

    Indian paintbrush; painted cup (any of various plants of the genus Castilleja having dense spikes of hooded flowers with brightly colored bracts)

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

    family Scrophulariaceae; figwort family; foxglove family; Scrophulariaceae (a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales; includes figwort and snapdragon and foxglove and toadflax and speedwell and mullein; in some classifications placed in the order Scrophulariales)

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