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    GENUS SINNINGIA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Genus of perennial tuberous herbs and shrubs of Central and South Americaplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Sinningia; Sinningia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Meronyms (members of "genus Sinningia"):

    florist's gloxinia; Gloxinia spesiosa; Sinningia speciosa (South American herb cultivated in many varieties as a houseplant for its large handsome leaves and large variously colored bell-shaped flowers)

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

    family Gesneriaceae; gesneria family; Gesneriaceae (large family of tropical herbs or shrubs or lianas; in some classification systems placed in the order Scrophulariales)

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