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Allionia

noun

small genus of chiefly American herbs

• Syn: ↑genus Allionia

• Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Nyctaginaceae, ↑family Nyctaginaceae, ↑Allioniaceae, ↑family Allioniaceae, ↑four-o'clock family

• Member Meronyms: ↑trailing four o'clock, ↑trailing windmills, ↑Allionia incarnata

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\\ˌalēˈōnēə, -nyə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, fr Carlo Allioni died 1804 Italian physician and botanist + New Latin -ia

: a genus of chiefly American herbs (family Nyctaginaceae) having opposite entire leaves and small panicled flowers

Useful english dictionary. 2012.