noun
a genus of shrubs and herbs that grow in Australia and New Guinea and Malaysia and southeast Asia
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Goodeniaceae, ↑family Goodeniaceae, ↑Goodenia family
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\\gu̇ˈdēnyə\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Samuel Goodenough died 1827 English bishop and botanical writer + New Latin -ia
: the type genus of Goodeniaceae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.