noun
one species: coral necklace
• Syn: ↑genus Illecebrum
• Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Caryophyllaceae, ↑family Caryophyllaceae, ↑carnation family, ↑pink family
• Member Meronyms: ↑coral necklace, ↑Illecebrum verticullatum
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Illecebrum /i-lesˈi-brəm/
noun
A genus of plants of one species found in Devon and Cornwall, for which the name Illecebrāˈceae is used for its family in some classification systems, whilst in others it is regarded as belonging to the Paronychiaceae, the Corregiolaceae or the Caryophyllaceae families
ORIGIN: Said to be from L illecebra allurement, ‘as enticing the simpler into bogs and marshes’
Useful english dictionary. 2012.