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    GENUS LITHOPHRAGMA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small genus of perennial herbs of the western North Americaplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Lithophragma; Lithophragma

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Lithophragma"):

    Lithophragma affine; Lithophragma affinis; Tellima affinis; woodland star (California perennial herb cultivated for its racemose white flowers with widely spreading petals; sometimes placed in genus Tellima)

    Lithophragma parviflorum; prairie star (plant with mostly basal leaves and slender open racemes of white or pale pink flowers; prairies and open forest of northwestern United States to British Columbia and Alberta)

    Holonyms ("genus Lithophragma" 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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