noun
small genus of tropical American perennial herbs or subshrubs with white to pale yellow flowers; often included in genus Stevia
• Syn: ↑genus Piqueria
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑family Asteraceae, ↑aster family
• Member Meronyms: ↑stevia
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\\pə̇ˈkirēə\ nounUsage: capitalized
: a small genus of tropical American plants that is closely related to and often included in Stevia
Useful english dictionary. 2012.