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HAMELIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several flowering tropical or subtropical shrubs of the genus Hamelia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("hamelia" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hamelia"):
coloradillo; Hamelia erecta; Hamelia patens; scarlet bush; scarlet hamelia (handsome shrub with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers; Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil)
Holonyms ("hamelia" is a member of...):
genus Hamelia (evergreen tropical American shrubs or small trees)