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GENUS HELIOPHILA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of South African flowering herbs and subshrubs
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Heliophila" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Heliophila"):
heliophila (any of various South African herbs and subshrubs cultivated for long showy racemes of bright blue flowers with white eyes)
Holonyms ("genus Heliophila" is a member of...):
Brassicaceae; Cruciferae; family Brassicaceae; family Cruciferae; mustard family (a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives)