genus achimenes

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1. genus of tropical perennial American herbs (noun.plant)

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

member holonym	:	achimenes, hot water plant,
definition	:	any plant of the genus Achimenes having showy bell-shaped flowers that resemble gloxinias (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family gesneriaceae, gesneria family, gesneriaceae,
definition	:	large family of tropical herbs or shrubs or lianas; in some classification systems placed in the order Scrophulariales (noun.plant)