| / English Dictionary |
GENUS CALLIANDRA
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of pinnate-leaved shrubs and small trees of tropical and subtropical North and South America and India and West Africa
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Calliandra" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus Calliandra"):
calliandra (any of various shrubs and small trees valued for their fine foliage and attractive spreading habit and clustered white to deep pink or red flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Calliandra" is a member of...):
Mimosoideae; subfamily Mimosoideae (alternative name used in some classification systems for the family Mimosaceae)
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
