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GENUS POLEMONIUM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Type genus of the Polemoniaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Polemonium" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Polemonium"):
polemonium (any plant of the genus Polemonium; most are low-growing often foul-smelling plants of temperate to Arctic regions)
Holonyms ("genus Polemonium" is a member of...):
family Polemoniaceae; phlox family; Polemoniaceae (a widely distributed family of chiefly herbaceous plants of the order Polemoniales; often have showy flowers)