NOUN | plant | Batis, genus Batis | small genus of plants constituting the family Batidaceae |
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Meaning | small genus of plants constituting the family Batidaceae: low straggling dioecious shrubs. | |
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Synonym | genus Batis | |
Member of | Batidaceae, family Batidaceae, saltwort family | family coextensive with genus Batis |
Members | saltwort, Batis maritima | low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves |
Broader | caryophylloid dicot genus | genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers |
Spanish | batis, Batis, genus batis | |
Catalan | batis, genus batis |
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