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GENUS MATTHIOLA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Genus of Old World plants grown as ornamentalsplay

Synonyms:

genus Matthiola; Matthiola

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Matthiola"):

gillyflower; stock (any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers)

brompton stock; Matthiola incana (European plant with racemes of sweet-scented flowers; widely cultivated as an ornamental)

Holonyms ("genus Matthiola" 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)

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