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    GENUS POTENTILLA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Chiefly perennial northern hemisphere herbs and shrubs: cinquefoilplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Potentilla; Potentilla

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Potentilla"):

    cinquefoil; five-finger (any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties)

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

    family Rosaceae; Rosaceae; rose family (a large family of dicotyledonous plants of order Rosales; have alternate leaves and five-petaled flowers with numerous stamens)

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