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CENTUNCULUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A dicotyledonous genus of the family Primulaceae
Synonyms:
Centunculus; genus Centunculus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Centunculus" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "Centunculus"):
bastard pimpernel; chaffweed; false pimpernel (weedy plant having short dry chafflike leaves)
Holonyms ("Centunculus" is a member of...):
family Primulaceae; primrose family; Primulaceae (a dicotyledonous family of the order Primulales with a regular flower; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere)
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