Sanvitalia

Sanvitalia
noun
small genus of tropical American annual herbs: creeping zinnia
• Syn: ↑genus Sanvitalia
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑family Asteraceae, ↑aster family
• Member Meronyms: ↑creeping zinnia, ↑Sanvitalia procumbens

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\\ˌsanvəˈtālēə\ noun
Etymology: New Latin, probably from F. Sanvitali died 1761 Italian mathematician (or from the Sanvitali family, many of whose members were famous) + New Latin -ia
1. capitalized : a small genus of chiefly tropical American annual herbs (family Compositae) having small heads with yellow or white rays, a flat receptacle, and naked or awn-tipped achenes — see creeping zinnia
2. -s : any plant of the genus Sanvitalia

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  • Sanvitalia — Sanvitalia …   Wikipédia en Français

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