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    CALLIRHOE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small genus of North American herbs having usually red or purple flowersplay

    Synonyms:

    Callirhoe; genus Callirhoe

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Callirhoe" is a kind of...):

    dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

    Meronyms (members of "Callirhoe"):

    poppy mallow (a plant of the genus Callirhoe having palmately cleft leaves and white to red or purple flowers borne throughout the summer)

    Holonyms ("Callirhoe" is a member of...):

    family Malvaceae; mallow family; Malvaceae (herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows; cotton; okra)

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