HyperDic: genus_scleranthus

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Scleranthus:
NOUNplantgenus Scleranthus, Scleranthussmall genus of Old World weedy prostrate annuals
English > genus Scleranthus: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningsmall genus of Old World weedy prostrate annuals: knawel.
SynonymScleranthus
Member ofCaryophyllaceae, family Caryophyllaceae, carnation family, pink familylarge family of herbs or subshrubs (usually with stems swollen at the nodes)
Membersknawel, knawe, Scleranthus annuuswidely distributed low-growing Eurasian herb having narrow leaves and inconspicuous green flowers
Broadercaryophylloid dicot genusgenus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
Spanishgenus scleranthus, scleranthus
Catalangenus scleranthus, scleranthus

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