Akademik

Platystemon

noun

one species: creamcups

• Syn: ↑genus Platystemon

• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Papaveraceae, ↑family Papaveraceae, ↑poppy family

• Member Meronyms: ↑creamcups, ↑Platystemon californicus

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈstēmən\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from platy- + Greek stēmōn warp, thread — more at stamen

: a genus of small annual herbs (family Papaveraceae) of the southwestern United States with linear leaves and creamy to pale yellow flowers

Useful english dictionary. 2012.