| NOUN | plant | Spraguea, genus Spraguea | small genus of usually perennial herbs having deep woody taproots and flower heads of umbels or cymes |
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| Meaning | small genus of usually perennial herbs having deep woody taproots and flower heads of umbels or cymes. | |
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| Synonym | genus Spraguea | |
| Member of | Portulacaceae, family Portulacaceae, purslane family | family of usually succulent herbs |
| Members | pussy-paw, pussy-paws, pussy's-paw, Spraguea umbellatum, Calyptridium umbellatum | pink clusters of densely packed flowers on prostrate stems resemble upturned pads of cats' feet |
| Broader | caryophylloid dicot genus | genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers |
| Spanish | genus spraguea, spraguea | |
| Catalan | genus spraguea, spraguea | |
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