GENUS KOSTELETZYA

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Meaning:

Small genus of herbs of southeastern United States and tropical America and Africa

Synonyms:

genus Kosteletzya; Kosteletzya

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Kosteletzya" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "genus Kosteletzya"):

seashore mallow (any of various plants of the genus Kosteletzya predominantly of coastal habitats; grown for their flowers that resemble hibiscus)

Holonyms ("genus Kosteletzya" is a member of...):

family Malvaceae; mallow family; Malvaceae (herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra)