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CASTILLEIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of western North and South American perennials often partially parasitic on roots of grasses
Synonyms:
Castilleia; Castilleja; genus Castilleia; genus Castilleja
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Castilleia" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Castilleia"):
Indian paintbrush; painted cup (any of various plants of the genus Castilleja having dense spikes of hooded flowers with brightly colored bracts)
Holonyms ("Castilleia" is a member of...):
family Scrophulariaceae; figwort family; foxglove family; Scrophulariaceae (a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales; includes figwort and snapdragon and foxglove and toadflax and speedwell and mullein; in some classifications placed in the order Scrophulariales)
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