Akademik

Fabiana

noun

genus of South and Central American heathlike evergreen shrubs

• Syn: ↑genus Fabiana

• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Solanaceae, ↑family Solanaceae, ↑potato family

• Member Meronyms: ↑pichi, ↑Fabiana imbricata

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\\ˌfābēˈanə, -ˈä- also -ˈā-\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, after Francisco Fabián y Fuero died 1801 Spanish archbishop and naturalist

: a genus of heathlike evergreen shrubs (family Solanaceae) of Central and So. America that have numerous small white or lavender tubular flowers and are sometimes cultivated in the cool greenhouse or in the open in frost-free areas

Useful english dictionary. 2012.