noun
widely distributed herbs having palmate leaves and creamy white to or pink to magenta flowers with many stamens of unequal length
• Syn: ↑genus Polanisia
• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Capparidaceae, ↑family Capparidaceae, ↑caper family
• Member Meronyms: ↑clammyweed, ↑Polanisia graveolens, ↑Polanisia dodecandra
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\\ˌpäləˈnizh(ē)ə, -isēə\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from pol- (from poly-) + anis- (I) + -ia; probably from the large but varying number of stamens
: a genus of widely distributed herbs (family Capparidaceae) having palmate leaves and flowers with many stamens of unequal lengths — see clammyweed
Useful english dictionary. 2012.