HyperDic: genus_lewisia

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Lewisia:
NOUNplantgenus Lewisia, Lewisiagenus of western North American low-growing herbs having linear woolly leaves and large pink flowers
English > genus Lewisia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninggenus of western North American low-growing herbs having linear woolly leaves and large pink flowers.
SynonymLewisia
Member ofPortulacaceae, family Portulacaceae, purslane familyfamily of usually succulent herbs
Membersbitterroot, Lewisia redivivashowy succulent ground-hugging plant of Rocky Mountains regions having deep to pale pink flowers and fleshy farinaceous roots
siskiyou lewisia, Lewisia cotyledonevergreen perennial having a dense basal rosette of long spatula-shaped leaves and panicles of pink or white-and-red-striped or pink-purple flowers
Broadercaryophylloid dicot genusgenus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
Spanishgenus lewisia, lewisia
Catalangenus lewisia, lewisia

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