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GENUS MACLEAYA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A perennial herb of eastern Asia: plume poppyplay

Synonyms:

genus Macleaya; Macleaya

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Macleaya"):

bocconia; Macleaya cordata; plume poppy (herb of China and Japan widely cultivated for its plumelike panicles of creamy white flowers)

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

family Papaveraceae; Papaveraceae; poppy family (herbs or shrubs having milky and often colored juices and capsular fruits)

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