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GENUS VERBENA

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Verbenaceae; genus of herbaceous perennials and subshrubs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Verbena"):

verbena; vervain (any of numerous tropical or subtropical American plants of the genus Verbena grown for their showy spikes of variously colored flowers)

lantana (a flowering shrub)

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

family Verbenaceae; verbena family; Verbenaceae; vervain family (family of New World tropical and subtropical herbs and shrubs and trees)

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