HyperDic: tellima

English > 1 sense of the word Tellima:
NOUNplantTellima, genus Tellimagenus of hardy perennials with palmately lobed leaves and long racemes of small nodding five-petaled flowers
English > Tellima: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninggenus of hardy perennials with palmately lobed leaves and long racemes of small nodding five-petaled flowers; western North America.
Synonymgenus Tellima
Member ofSaxifragaceae, family Saxifragaceae, saxifrage familyA large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs
Membersfalse alumroot, fringe cups, Tellima grandifloraplant growing in clumps with mostly basal leaves and cream-colored or pale pink fringed flowers in several long racemes
Broaderrosid dicot genusA genus of dicotyledonous plants
Spanishgenus tellima, tellima
Catalangenus tellima, tellima

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