| / English Dictionary |
GENUS TETRAGONIA
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
New Zealand spinach
Synonyms:
genus Tetragonia; Tetragonia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Tetragonia" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Meronyms (members of "genus Tetragonia"):
New Zealand spinach; Tetragonia expansa; Tetragonia tetragonioides (coarse sprawling Australasian plant with red or yellow flowers; cultivated for its edible young shoots and succulent leaves)
Holonyms ("genus Tetragonia" is a member of...):
Aizoaceae; carpetweed family; family Aizoaceae; family Tetragoniaceae; Tetragoniaceae (succulent herbs or small shrubs mostly of South Africa but also New Zealand and North America: carpetweeds; fig marigolds)
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
