noun
genus of western North American herbs having showy flowers
• Syn: ↑Abronia
• Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Nyctaginaceae, ↑family Nyctaginaceae, ↑Allioniaceae, ↑family Allioniaceae, ↑four-o'clock family
• Member Meronyms: ↑sand verbena
Useful english dictionary. 2012.