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HEUCHERA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of North American herbs with basal cordate or orbicular leaves and small panicled flowers
Synonyms:
genus Heuchera; Heuchera
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Heuchera" is a kind of...):
rosid dicot genus (a genus of dicotyledonous plants)
Meronyms (members of "Heuchera"):
alumbloom; alumroot (any of several herbs of the genus Heuchera)
Heuchera cylindrica; poker alumroot; poker heuchera (plant with leathery heart-shaped leaf blades clustered at base of long stalks with greenish-white flowers clustered along the upper part; western North America)
coralbells; Heuchera sanguinea (perennial plant of the western United States having bright red flowers in feathery spikes; used as an ornamental)
Holonyms ("Heuchera" is a member of...):
family Saxifragaceae; Saxifragaceae; saxifrage family (a large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs; widely distributed in northern temperate and cold regions; sometimes includes genera of the family Hydrangeaceae)
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