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SUKSDORFIA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Any of several American plants of the genus Suksdorfia having orbicular to kidney-shaped somewhat succulent leaves and white or rose or violet flowers in terminal panicles
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("suksdorfia" 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 "suksdorfia"):
Suksdorfia violaceae; violet suksdorfia (slender delicate plant with wide roundish deeply lobed leaves and deep pink to violet funnel-shaped flowers; British Columbia to northern Oregon and west to Idaho and Montana)
Holonyms ("suksdorfia" is a member of...):
genus Suksdorfia (small genus of rhizomatous herbs of northwestern America and South America)
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