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    GENUS PLEIOSPILOS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Perennial succulents of South Africaplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Pleiospilos; Pleiospilos

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Meronyms (members of "genus Pleiospilos"):

    living granite; living rock; stone mimicry plant (highly succulent stemless clump-forming plants with grey-green leaves similar in texture to lumps of granite; South Africa)

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

    Aizoaceae; carpetweed family; family Aizoaceae; family Tetragoniaceae; Tetragoniaceae (succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds)

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