noun
small genus of chiefly American herbs
• Syn: ↑Allionia
• Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Nyctaginaceae, ↑family Nyctaginaceae, ↑Allioniaceae, ↑family Allioniaceae, ↑four-o'clock family
• Member Meronyms: ↑trailing four o'clock, ↑trailing windmills, ↑Allionia incarnata
Useful english dictionary. 2012.