genus Sparmannia

genus Sparmannia
noun
small genus of tropical African shrubs
Syn: ↑Sparmannia
Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Tiliaceae, ↑family Tiliaceae, ↑linden family
Member Meronyms: ↑African hemp, ↑Sparmannia africana

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  • Sparmannia — noun small genus of tropical African shrubs • Syn: ↑genus Sparmannia • Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Tiliaceae, ↑family Tiliaceae, ↑linden family …   Useful english dictionary

  • Sparmannia africana — noun large shrub of South Africa having many conspicuously hairy branches with large hairy leaves and clusters of conspicuous white flowers • Syn: ↑African hemp • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Member Holonyms: ↑Sparmannia, ↑genus Sparmannia …   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 Tiliaceae — noun chiefly trees and shrubs of tropical and temperate regions of especially southeastern Asia and Brazil; genera Tilia, Corchorus, Entelea, Grewia, Sparmannia • Syn: ↑Tiliaceae, ↑linden family • Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot family • Member… …   Useful english dictionary

  • linden family — noun chiefly trees and shrubs of tropical and temperate regions of especially southeastern Asia and Brazil; genera Tilia, Corchorus, Entelea, Grewia, Sparmannia • Syn: ↑Tiliaceae, ↑family Tiliaceae • Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot family • Member… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Tiliaceae — noun chiefly trees and shrubs of tropical and temperate regions of especially southeastern Asia and Brazil; genera Tilia, Corchorus, Entelea, Grewia, Sparmannia • Syn: ↑family Tiliaceae, ↑linden family • Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot family •… …   Useful english dictionary

  • African hemp — noun 1. bowstring hemp of South Africa • Syn: ↑African bowstring hemp, ↑Sansevieria guineensis • Hypernyms: ↑sansevieria, ↑bowstring hemp 2. large shrub of South Africa having many conspicuously hairy branches with large hairy leaves and clusters …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Malvaceae — ▪ plant family  the hibiscus, or mallow, family, in the order Malvales, containing 243 genera and at least 4,225 species of herbs, shrubs, and trees. Representatives occur in all except the coldest parts of the world but are most numerous in the… …   Universalium

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