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GENUS BERGENIA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of perennial spring-blooming rhizomatous herbs with thick evergreen leaves; eastern Asia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Bergenia" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Bergenia"):
bergenia (any plant of the genus Bergenia; valued as an evergreen ground cover and for the spring blossoms)
Holonyms ("genus Bergenia" is a member of...):
family Saxifragaceae; Saxifragaceae; saxifrage family (a large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs; widely distributed in northern temperate and cold regions; sometimes includes genera of the family Hydrangeaceae)
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