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HALENIA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of herbs of Eurasia and the Americas: spurred gentians
Synonyms:
genus Halenia; Halenia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Halenia" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "Halenia"):
spurred gentian (any of various plants of the genus Halenia having flowers with spurred lobes)
Holonyms ("Halenia" is a member of...):
family Gentianaceae; gentian family; Gentianaceae (chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers; some are cultivated as ornamentals)