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SALPIGLOSSIS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Any plant of the genus Salpiglossis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("salpiglossis" 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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "salpiglossis"):
painted tongue; Salpiglossis sinuata (Chilean herb having velvety funnel-shaped yellowish or violet flowers with long tonguelike styles at the corolla throat)
Holonyms ("salpiglossis" is a member of...):
genus Salpiglossis (small genus of herbs of the southern Andes having large showy flowers)
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