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THUNBERGIA

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Meaning:

A genus of herbs or vines of the family Acanthaceae

Synonyms:

genus Thunbergia; Thunbergia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Thunbergia"):

black-eyed Susan; black-eyed Susan vine; Thunbergia alata (tropical African climbing plant having yellow flowers with a dark purple center)

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

Acanthaceae; acanthus family; family Acanthaceae (widely distributed herbs and shrubs and trees; sometimes placed in the order Scrophulariales)

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