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SAINTPAULIA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

East African herb with nodding flowers; widely cultivated

Synonyms:

genus Saintpaulia; Saintpaulia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Saintpaulia"):

African violet; Saintpaulia ionantha (tropical African plant cultivated as a houseplant for its violet or white or pink flowers)

Holonyms ("Saintpaulia" 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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