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    GENUS FRASERA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Genus of North American herbs: columbo; includes some species sometimes placed in genus Swertiaplay

    Synonyms:

    Frasera; genus Frasera

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Frasera" 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 "genus Frasera"):

    American columbo; American gentian; columbo; deer's-ear; deer's-ears; pyramid plant (any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington)

    Frasera speciosa; green gentian; Swertia speciosa (tall herb with panicles of white flowers flushed with green; northwestern United States; sometimes placed in genus Swertia)

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

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

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