HyperDic: genus_paronychia

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Paronychia:
NOUNplantgenus Paronychia, Paronychialow-growing annual or perennial herbs or woody plants
English > genus Paronychia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninglow-growing annual or perennial herbs or woody plants; whitlowworts.
SynonymParonychia
Member ofCaryophyllaceae, family Caryophyllaceae, carnation family, pink familylarge family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes)
MemberswhitlowwortAny of various low-growing tufted plants of the genus Paronychia having tiny greenish flowers and usually whorled leaves
Broadercaryophylloid dicot genusgenus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
Spanishgenus paronychia, paronychia
Catalangenus paronychia, paronychia

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