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GENUS HYBANTHUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A genus of herbs and small shrubs with white or purple flowers; grows in tropical or subtropical regions
Synonyms:
genus Hybanthus; Hybanthus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Hybanthus" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Holonyms ("genus Hybanthus" is a member of...):
family Violaceae; Violaceae; violet family (a family of order Parietales including the genera Viola, Hybanthus, Hymenanthera, Melicytus)