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PHOLISTOMA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Straggling herbs of southwestern United States

Synonyms:

genus Pholistoma; Pholistoma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Pholistoma" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "Pholistoma"):

fiesta flower; Nemophila aurita; Pholistoma auritum (straggling California annual herb with deep purple or violet flowers; sometimes placed in genus Nemophila)

Holonyms ("Pholistoma" is a member of...):

family Hydrophyllaceae; Hydrophyllaceae; waterleaf family (perennial woodland herbs)

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