noun
genus of low herbs of tropical America and Australia; includes genus Telanthera
• Syn: ↑Alternanthera
• Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Amaranthaceae, ↑family Amaranthaceae, ↑amaranth family
• Member Meronyms: ↑alligator weed, ↑alligator grass, ↑Alternanthera philoxeroides
Useful english dictionary. 2012.