LOASA

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Meaning:

Any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("loasa" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("loasa" is a member of...):

genus Loasa (genus of tropical American prickly herbs or subshrubs)

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