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AESCHYNANTHUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A plant of the genus Aeschynanthus having somewhat red or orange flowers and seeds having distinctive hairs at base and apex
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("aeschynanthus" is a kind of...):
aerophyte; air plant; epiphyte; epiphytic plant (plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aeschynanthus"):
Aeschynanthus radicans; lipstick plant (epiphyte or creeping on rocks; Malaysian plant having somewhat fleshy leaves and bright red flowers)
Holonyms ("aeschynanthus" is a member of...):
genus Aeschynanthus (large genus of East Indian ornamental woody epiphytic plants)
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