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GENUS PROBOSCIDEA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In some classifications included in the genus Martynia and hence the two taxonomic names for some of the unicorn plants
Synonyms:
genus Proboscidea; Proboscidea
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Proboscidea" is a kind of...):
plant genus (a genus of plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Proboscidea"):
common devil's claw; common unicorn plant; devil's claw; elephant-tusk; Proboscidea louisianica; proboscis flower; ram's horn (annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak)
Martynia arenaria; Proboscidea arenaria; sand devil's claw (alternatively placed in genus Martynia)
Martynia fragrans; Proboscidea fragrans; sweet unicorn plant (a herbaceous plant of the genus Proboscidea)
Holonyms ("genus Proboscidea" is a member of...):
family Pedaliaceae; Pedaliaceae; sesame family (the family of plants of order Polemoniales)
