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    GENUS BOYKINIA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Genus of perennial rhizomatous herbs with flowers in panicles; North America; Japanplay

    Synonyms:

    Boykinia; genus Boykinia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Boykinia" is a kind of...):

    rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Boykinia"):

    Boykinia elata; Boykinia occidentalis; coast boykinia (plant with leaves mostly at the base and openly branched clusters of small white flowers; western North America)

    Holonyms ("genus Boykinia" is a member of...):

    family Saxifragaceae; Saxifragaceae; saxifrage family (a large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs; widely distributed in northern temperate and cold regions; sometimes includes genera of the family Hydrangeaceae)

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