lewisia (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Lewisia*:
NOUN	plant	Lewisia, genus Lewisia	genus of western North American low-growing herbs having linear woolly leaves and large pink flowers

English > *Lewisia*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	genus of western North American low-growing herbs having linear woolly leaves and large pink flowers.
Synonym	genus Lewisia
Member of	Portulacaceae, family Portulacaceae, purslane family	family of usually succulent herbs
Members	bitterroot, Lewisia rediviva	showy succulent ground-hugging plant of Rocky Mountains regions having deep to pale pink flowers and fleshy farinaceous roots
Members	siskiyou lewisia, Lewisia cotyledon	evergreen perennial having a dense basal rosette of long spatula-shaped leaves and panicles of pink or white-and-red-striped or pink-purple flowers
Broader	caryophylloid dicot genus	genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers
Spanish	genus lewisia, lewisia
Catalan	genus lewisia, lewisia

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