- Abronia
- noungenus of western North American herbs having showy flowers• Syn: ↑genus Abronia• Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Nyctaginaceae, ↑family Nyctaginaceae, ↑Allioniaceae, ↑family Allioniaceae, ↑four-o'clock family• Member Meronyms: ↑sand verbena
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\\əˈbrōnēə\ nounEtymology: New Latin, irregular from Greek habros graceful, delicate + New Latin -ia — more at habro-1. capitalized : a genus of herbs (family Nyctaginaceae) native to western No. America having showy fragrant flowers in bracted heads and with the salver-shaped calyx having a 3-winged base — see sand verbena
Useful english dictionary. 2012.