genus nierembergia
Noun
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Genus of tropical American erect or creeping herbs with solitary flowers (synset 112929192)
is a type of: asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubsmember holonym:
- cupflower, nierembergia - any of various plants of the genus Nierembergia having upturned bell-shaped flowers
- nierembergia repens, nierembergia rivularis, whitecup - prostrate woody South American herb with white tubular flowers often tinged with blue or rose
- nierembergia frutescens, tall cupflower - shrubby Chilean herb having bluish-white tubular flowers used as an ornamental
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
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