caryophylloid dicot genus
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1. genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowers (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus, |
| definition | : | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus hernaria, hernaria, |
| definition | : | low-growing Old World herbs with minute bright green leaves (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus lychnis, |
| definition | : | genus of plants strongly resembling those of genus Silene: catchfly (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus minuartia, minuartia, |
| definition | : | mostly perennial herbs of northern hemisphere often with mat-forming habit; most often placed in genus Arenaria: sandworts (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus moehringia, moehringia, |
| definition | : | low-growing herbs widely distributed in temperate and Arctic northern hemisphere: sandworts; distinguished from members of the genus Arenaria mainly by having four-petaled rather than five-petaled flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus petrocoptis, petrocoptis, |
| definition | : | perennial tussock-forming rock plants; of Pyrenees and mountains of northern Spain; similar to and sometimes placed in genus Lychnis (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus sagina, sagina, |
| definition | : | small low-growing annual or perennial herbs of temperate and cool regions (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus silene, |
| definition | : | large widely distributed genus of plants having mostly showy flowers of various colors: campion; catchfly (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus lithops, |
| definition | : | genus of stemless South African succulents (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | celosia, genus celosia, |
| definition | : | annual or perennial herbs or vines of tropical and subtropical America and Asia and Africa (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | froelichia, genus froelichia, |
| definition | : | genus of erect or procumbent herbs of the Americas having spikes of woolly white flowers: cottonweed (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus gomphrena, gomphrena, |
| definition | : | genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs having flowers in close heads; tropical America and Australia (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus iresine, iresine, |
| definition | : | genus of tropical American herbs or subshrubs (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus telanthera, telanthera, |
| definition | : | used in former classifications systems; now included in genus Alternanthera (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | batis, genus batis, |
| definition | : | small genus of plants constituting the family Batidaceae: low straggling dioecious shrubs (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus halogeton, |
| definition | : | a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Chenopodiaceae (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus salsola, salsola, |
| definition | : | chiefly Old World herbs or shrubs: saltworts (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus nyctaginia, nyctaginia, |
| definition | : | a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Nyctaginaceae having only one species (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | abronia, genus abronia, |
| definition | : | genus of western North American herbs having showy flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus pisonia, pisonia, |
| definition | : | genus of often thorny tropical trees and shrubs and some vines; mainly America (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | ariocarpus, genus ariocarpus, |
| definition | : | slow-growing geophytic cacti; northern and eastern Mexico; southern Texas (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | cereus, genus cereus, |
| definition | : | genus of much-branched treelike or shrubby cacti with pronounced ribs and rounded needlelike spines and nocturnal flowers usually white (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus coryphantha, |
| definition | : | mainly globose cacti of southwestern United States and Mexico covered with many nodules; superficially resembling and formerly included in genus Mammillaria (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus echinocactus, |
| definition | : | globular or cylindrical cacti; southwestern United States to Brazil (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | echinocereus, genus echinocereus, |
| definition | : | large genus of low-growing shrubby ribbed cacti of Mexico and southwestern United States (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus epiphyllum, |
| definition | : | small genus of tropical American (mainly Central America) cacti (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | ferocactus, genus ferocactus, |
| definition | : | genus of nearly globular cacti of Mexico and southwestern United States: barrel cacti (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus gymnocalycium, gymnocalycium, |
| definition | : | large genus of low-growing globular South American cacti with spiny ribs covered with many tubercles (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus harrisia, harrisia, |
| definition | : | genus of slender often treelike spiny cacti with solitary showy nocturnal white or pink flowers; Florida and Caribbean to South America (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus hatiora, hatiora, |
| definition | : | small genus of South American epiphytic or lithophytic cacti (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus hylocereus, hylocereus, |
| definition | : | genus of climbing or epiphytic tropical American cacti with angular stems and mostly white very fragrant flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus lemaireocereus, lemaireocereus, |
| definition | : | tropical American cacti usually tall and branching with stout spines and funnel-shaped flowers and globular or ovoid often edible fruit (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus lophophora, lophophora, |
| definition | : | two species of small cacti of northeastern Mexico and southwestern United States having rounded stems covered with jointed tubercles: mescal (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus mammillaria, |
| definition | : | large genus of cacti characterized chiefly by nipple-shaped protuberances or tubercles on their surface (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus melocactus, melocactus, |
| definition | : | genus of strongly ribbed globose or spheroid cacti of tropical South and Central America and the Caribbean (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus opuntia, opuntia, |
| definition | : | large genus of cactuses native to America: prickly pears (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus rhipsalis, rhipsalis, |
| definition | : | large genus of epiphytic or lithophytic unarmed cacti with usually segmented stems and pendulous branches; flowers are small followed by berrylike fruits (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus zygocactus, zygocactus, |
| definition | : | small genus of Brazilian cacti having flat fleshy usually branched joints and showy red or pink flowers followed by red fleshy fruits (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | agdestis, genus agdestis, |
| definition | : | a genus with one species that is a rapidly growing climbing vine with tuberous roots; grown in hot climates (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus rivina, rivina, |
| definition | : | small genus of erect perennial shrubby herbs; tropical and subtropical America (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus portulaca, |
| definition | : | genus of mainly tropical fleshy or trailing herbs (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | calandrinia, genus calandrinia, |
| definition | : | large genus of low-growing herbs; widespread throughout tropical and warm temperate regions having usually basal leaves and panicles of purplish ephemeral flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | claytonia, genus claytonia, |
| definition | : | genus of mainly North American succulent herbs with white or pink flowers usually in terminal racemes (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus lewisia, lewisia, |
| definition | : | genus of western North American low-growing herbs having linear woolly leaves and large pink flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus montia, montia, |
| definition | : | small genus of densely tufted annual herbs; north temperate regions and South America and tropical Africa and Asia (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus spraguea, spraguea, |
| definition | : | small genus of usually perennial herbs having deep woody taproots and flower heads of umbels or cymes (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | genus talinum, talinum, |
| definition | : | genus of mainly American more-or-less succulent herbs (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | caryophyllidae, subclass caryophyllidae, |
| definition | : | a group of families of mostly flowers having basal or central placentation and trinucleate pollen (binucleate pollen is commoner in flowering plants); contains 14 families including: Caryophyllaceae (carnations and pinks); Aizoaceae; Amaranthaceae; Batidaceae; Chenopodiaceae; Cactaceae (order Opuntiales); Nyctaginaceae; Phytolaccaceae; corresponds approximately to order Caryophyllales; sometimes classified as a superorder (noun.plant) |
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