Akademik

Fremontia

noun

flannelbush

• Syn: ↑Fremontodendron, ↑genus Fremontodendron, ↑genus Fremontia

• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Sterculiaceae, ↑family Sterculiaceae, ↑sterculia family

• Member Meronyms: ↑flannelbush, ↑flannel bush, ↑California beauty

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\\frəˈmäntēə, frēˈ-, -änch(ē)ə\ noun

Etymology: New Latin, from John C. Frémont died 1890 + New Latin -ia

1. capitalized : a genus of Californian and Mexican shrubs (family Sterculiaceae) with alternate leaves and showy yellow flowers

2. -s : any plant of the genus Fremontia — see flannelbush

Useful english dictionary. 2012.