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GENUS AGALINIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Semiparasitic herb with purple or white or pink flowers; grows in the United States and West Indies
Synonyms:
Agalinis; genus Agalinis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Agalinis" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Holonyms ("genus Agalinis" 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)