| / English Dictionary |
GENUS ACHIMENES
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of tropical perennial American herbs
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Achimenes" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Achimenes"):
achimenes; hot water plant (any plant of the genus Achimenes having showy bell-shaped flowers that resemble gloxinias)
Holonyms ("genus Achimenes" is a member of...):
family Gesneriaceae; gesneria family; Gesneriaceae (large family of tropical herbs or shrubs or lianas; in some classification systems placed in the order Scrophulariales)
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
