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ABRONIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of western North American herbs having showy flowers
Synonyms:
Abronia; genus Abronia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Abronia" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Meronyms (members of "Abronia"):
sand verbena (any of various plants of the genus Abronia of western North America and Mexico having flowers resembling verbena)
Holonyms ("Abronia" is a member of...):
Allioniaceae; family Allioniaceae; family Nyctaginaceae; four-o'clock family; Nyctaginaceae (a family of flowering plants of the order Caryophyllales)