HyperDic: genus_allionia

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Allionia:
NOUNplantgenus Allionia, Allioniasmall genus of chiefly American herbs
English > genus Allionia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningsmall genus of chiefly American herbs.
SynonymAllionia
Member ofNyctaginaceae, family Nyctaginaceae, Allioniaceae, family Allioniaceae, four-o'clock familyA family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales
Memberstrailing four o'clock, trailing windmills, Allionia incarnataTrailing plant having crowded clusters of 3 brilliant deep pink flowers resembling a single flower blooming near the ground
Broadercaryophylloid dicot genusgenus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
Spanishallionia, genus allionia
Catalanallionia, genus allionia

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