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POLANISIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Widely distributed herbs having palmate leaves and creamy white to or pink to magenta flowers with many stamens of unequal length
Synonyms:
genus Polanisia; Polanisia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Polanisia" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "Polanisia"):
clammyweed; Polanisia dodecandra; Polanisia graveolens (strong-scented herb common in southern United States covered with intermixed gland and hairs)
Holonyms ("Polanisia" is a member of...):
caper family; Capparidaceae; family Capparidaceae (a dilleniid dicot family of the order Rhoeadales that includes: genera Capparis, Cleome, Crateva, and Polanisia)
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