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Piqueria

noun

small genus of tropical American perennial herbs or subshrubs with white to pale yellow flowers; often included in genus Stevia

• Syn: ↑genus Piqueria

• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑Asteraceae, ↑family Asteraceae, ↑aster family

• Member Meronyms: ↑stevia

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\\pə̇ˈkirēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Andrés Piquer died 1772 Spanish physician and author + New Latin -ia

: a small genus of tropical American plants that is closely related to and often included in Stevia

Useful english dictionary. 2012.