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GENUS GLAUX

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Sea milkwort

Synonyms:

genus Glaux; Glaux

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Glaux" 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 Glaux"):

black saltwort; Glaux maritima; sea milkwort; sea trifoly (a small fleshy herb common along North American seashores and in brackish marshes having pink or white flowers)

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

family Primulaceae; primrose family; Primulaceae (a dicotyledonous family of the order Primulales with a regular flower; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere)

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