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    GENUS SCLERANTHUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small genus of Old World weedy prostrate annuals: knawelplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Scleranthus; Scleranthus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Meronyms (members of "genus Scleranthus"):

    knawe; knawel; Scleranthus annuus (widely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers)

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

    carnation family; Caryophyllaceae; family Caryophyllaceae; pink family (large family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes))

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