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STREPTOSOLEN
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Synonyms:
genus Streptosolen; Streptosolen
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Streptosolen" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Streptosolen"):
fire-bush; fire bush; marmalade bush; Streptosolen jamesonii (evergreen South American shrub having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers; grown as an ornamental or houseplant)
Holonyms ("Streptosolen" 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)