genus nicandra

Noun
  1. Sturdy annual of Peru (synset 112927686)
    is a type of: asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
    member holonym: apple of peru, nicandra physaloides, shoo fly - coarse South American herb grown for its blue-and-white flowers followed by a bladderlike fruit enclosing a dry berry
    belongs to: family solanaceae, potato family, solanaceae - large and economically important family of herbs or shrubs or trees often strongly scented and sometimes narcotic or poisonous; includes the genera Solanum, Atropa, Brugmansia, Capsicum, Datura, Hyoscyamus, Lycopersicon, Nicotiana, Petunia, Physalis, and Solandra
    same as: nicandra

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