HyperDic: genus_nyctaginia

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Nyctaginia:
NOUNplantgenus Nyctaginia, Nyctaginiaa caryophyllaceous genus of the family Nyctaginaceae having only one species
English > genus Nyctaginia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA caryophyllaceous genus of the family Nyctaginaceae having only one species.
SynonymNyctaginia
Member ofNyctaginaceae, family Nyctaginaceae, Allioniaceae, family Allioniaceae, four-o'clock familyA family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales
Membersscarlet musk flower, Nyctaginia capitataviscid branched perennial of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico having tuberous roots and deep red flowers
Broadercaryophylloid dicot genusgenus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
Spanishgenus nyctaginia, nyctaginia
Catalangenus nyctaginia, nyctaginia

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