genus hybanthus

English Thesaurus

1. a genus of herbs and small shrubs with white or purple flowers; grows in tropical or subtropical regions (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	dilleniid dicot genus,
definition	:	genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family violaceae, violaceae, violet family,
definition	:	a family of order Parietales including the genera Viola, Hybanthus, Hymenanthera, Melicytus (noun.plant)