HyperDic: genus_exacum

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Exacum:
NOUNplantgenus Exacum, Exacumgenus of tropical Asiatic and African plants
English > genus Exacum: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninggenus of tropical Asiatic and African plants: especially Persian violets.
SynonymExacum
Member ofGentianaceae, family Gentianaceae, gentian familychiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers
MembersPersian violet, Exacum affineperennial cultivated especially as a houseplant for its fragrant bluish to dark lavender flowers
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishexacum, genus exacum
Catalanexacum, genus exacum

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