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    GENUS NYCTAGINIA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A caryophyllaceous genus of the family Nyctaginaceae having only one speciesplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Nyctaginia; Nyctaginia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Nyctaginia"):

    Nyctaginia capitata; scarlet musk flower (viscid branched perennial of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having tuberous roots and deep red flowers)

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

    Allioniaceae; family Allioniaceae; family Nyctaginaceae; four-o'clock family; Nyctaginaceae (a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales)

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