- genus Loasa
- noungenus of tropical American prickly herbs or subshrubs• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Loasaceae, ↑family Loasaceae, ↑loasa family• Member Meronyms: ↑loasa
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genus Loasa
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loasa — n. any of various perennial South American plants of the genus {Loasa} having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish orange flowers. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Loasa — Taxobox name = Loasa image width = 200px image caption = Loasa vulcanica regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Cornales familia = Loasaceae genus = Loasa genus authority = Adans. subdivision ranks = Species… … Wikipedia
loasa — noun any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish orange flowers • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Loasa * * * ˈlōəsə noun Etymology … Useful english dictionary
loasa family — noun family of bristly hairy sometimes climbing plants; America and Africa and southern Arabia • Syn: ↑Loasaceae, ↑family Loasaceae • Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot family • Member Holonyms: ↑Parietales, ↑order Parietales … Useful english dictionary
genus Mentzelia — noun genus of bristly herbs or subshrubs of western America lacking stinging hairs • Syn: ↑Mentzelia • Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Loasaceae, ↑family Loasaceae, ↑loasa family … Useful english dictionary
dilleniid dicot genus — noun genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs • Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus • Hyponyms: ↑Capparis, ↑genus Capparis, ↑genus Cleome, ↑Cleome, ↑C … Useful english dictionary
family Loasaceae — noun family of bristly hairy sometimes climbing plants; America and Africa and southern Arabia • Syn: ↑Loasaceae, ↑loasa family • Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot family • Member Holonyms: ↑Parietales, ↑order Parietales, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Loasaceae — noun family of bristly hairy sometimes climbing plants; America and Africa and southern Arabia • Syn: ↑family Loasaceae, ↑loasa family • Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot family • Member Holonyms: ↑Parietales, ↑order Parietales … Useful english dictionary
Loasaceae — ▪ plant family mostly tropical American plant family of 14 genera and 265 species of the dogwood order (Cornales), many with painfully stinging hairs but beautiful and often bizarre flowers in red, orange, yellow, or white. The plants are… … Universalium
Jürke Grau — Hans Rudolf Jürke Grau (* 15 de febrero de 1937) es un botánico alemán. Hans Rudolf Jürke Grau era taxónomo vegetal de la Universidad de Múnich hasta su jubilación. Es coeditor del proyecto Flora de Chile.[1] Su interés está en Liliopsida,… … Wikipedia Español
