saintpaulia

Noun
  1. East African herb with nodding flowers;
    Widely cultivated (synset 112853736)
    is a type of: asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
    member holonym: african violet, saintpaulia ionantha - tropical African plant cultivated as a houseplant for its violet or white or pink flowers
    belongs to: family gesneriaceae, gesneria family, gesneriaceae - large family of tropical herbs or shrubs or lianas; in some classification systems placed in the order Scrophulariales
    same as: genus saintpaulia

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