Styphelia

Styphelia
noun
Australian heathlike shrubs
Syn: ↑genus Styphelia
Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Epacridaceae, ↑family Epacridaceae, ↑epacris family
Member Meronyms: ↑pink fivecorner, ↑Styphelia triflora

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\\stīˈfēlēə, -lyə\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek styphelos rough + New Latin -ia; perhaps akin to Greek typtein to beat, strike — more at type
: a large genus of mostly Australasian heathlike shrubs (family Epacridaceae) having the calyx and corolla usually colored alike

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  • Styphelia humifusum — groundberry groundberry n. A small prostrate or ascending shrub ({Astroloma humifusum}) having scarlet flowers and thin fleshed succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in the genus {Styphelia}. Syn: native cranberry, cranberry… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Styphelia triflora — noun heathlike shrub of southwestern Australia grown for its sharply scented foliage and pink flowers followed by pentagonal fruit • Syn: ↑pink fivecorner • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Member Holonyms: ↑Styphelia, ↑genus Styphelia …   Useful english dictionary

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