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    GENUS MACLEAYA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A perennial herb of eastern Asia: plume poppyplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Macleaya; Macleaya

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Macleaya"):

    bocconia; Macleaya cordata; plume poppy (herb of China and Japan widely cultivated for its plumelike panicles of creamy white flowers)

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

    family Papaveraceae; Papaveraceae; poppy family (herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits)

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