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    GENUS POLANISIA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Widely distributed herbs having palmate leaves and creamy white to or pink to magenta flowers with many stamens of unequal lengthplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Polanisia; Polanisia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Meronyms (members of "genus Polanisia"):

    clammyweed; Polanisia dodecandra; Polanisia graveolens (strong-scented herb common in southern United States covered with intermixed gland and hairs)

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

    caper family; Capparidaceae; family Capparidaceae (a dilleniid dicot family of the order Rhoeadales that includes: genera Capparis, Cleome, Crateva, and Polanisia)

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