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SALPICHROA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Herbs of temperate North and South America: cock's eggs
Synonyms:
genus Salpichroa; Salpichroa
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Salpichroa" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Salpichroa"):
cock's eggs; Salpichroa organifolia; Salpichroa rhomboidea (weedy vine of Argentina having solitary white flowers followed by egg-shaped white or yellow fruit)
Holonyms ("Salpichroa" is a member of...):
family Solanaceae; potato family; Solanaceae (large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous; includes the genera Solanum, Atropa, Brugmansia, Capsicum, Datura, Hyoscyamus, Lycopersicon, Nicotiana, Petunia, Physalis, and Solandra)