Akademik

Sanvitalia

noun

small genus of tropical American annual herbs: creeping zinnia

• Syn: ↑genus Sanvitalia

• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus

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

• Member Meronyms: ↑creeping zinnia, ↑Sanvitalia procumbens

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\\ˌsanvəˈtālēə\ noun

Etymology: New Latin, probably from F. Sanvitali died 1761 Italian mathematician (or from the Sanvitali family, many of whose members were famous) + New Latin -ia

1. capitalized : a small genus of chiefly tropical American annual herbs (family Compositae) having small heads with yellow or white rays, a flat receptacle, and naked or awn-tipped achenes — see creeping zinnia

2. -s : any plant of the genus Sanvitalia

Useful english dictionary. 2012.