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RIVINA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small genus of erect perennial shrubby herbs; tropical and subtropical America
Synonyms:
genus Rivina; Rivina
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Rivina" is a kind of...):
caryophylloid dicot genus (genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers)
Meronyms (members of "Rivina"):
blood berry; bloodberry; Rivina humilis; rouge plant; rougeberry (bushy houseplant having white to pale pink flowers followed by racemes of scarlet berries; tropical Americas)
Holonyms ("Rivina" is a member of...):
family Phytolaccaceae; Phytolaccaceae; pokeweed family (chiefly tropical herbaceous plants (including shrubs and trees) with racemose flowers: genera Phytolacca, Agdestis, Ercilla, Rivina, Trichostigma)