GENUS LOBELIA

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Meaning:

In some classifications considered the type genus of a separate family Lobeliaceae

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Lobelia" 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 Lobelia"):

lobelia (any plant or flower of the genus Lobelia)

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

bellflower family; Campanulaceae; family Campanulaceae (family of plants of the order Campanulales; in some classifications includes Lobeliaceae)

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