genus shortia

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1. evergreen perennial herbs of North America and eastern Asia: oconee bells (noun.plant)

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

member holonym	:	shortia,
definition	:	any plant of the genus Shortia; evergreen perennial herbs with smooth leathery basal leaves and showy white solitary flowers (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	diapensia family, diapensiaceae, family diapensiaceae,
definition	:	north temperate low evergreen plants; in some classifications placed in its own order Diapensiales (noun.plant)