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Templetonia

noun

genus of Australian shrubs or subshrubs: coral bush

• Syn: ↑genus Templetonia

• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Papilionoideae, ↑subfamily Papilionoideae

• Member Meronyms: ↑coral bush, ↑flame bush, ↑Templetonia retusa

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\\ˌtempəlˈtōnēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from John Templeton died 1825 Irish botanist + New Latin -ia

: a genus of Australian shrubs (family Leguminosae) having simple leaves and red or yellow flowers with a reflexed standard and narrow wings — see coralbush

Useful english dictionary. 2012.