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Gynura

noun

genus of Old World tropical herbs: velvet plants

• Syn: ↑genus Gynura

• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus

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

• Member Meronyms: ↑velvet plant, ↑purple velvet plant, ↑royal velvet plant, ↑Gynura aurantiaca

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\\ ̷ ̷ˈn(y)u̇rə — see gyn-\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from gyn- + -ura

: a genus of tropical Asiatic and African herbs (family Compositae) having inconspicuous discoid heads of yellow flowers in loose terminal clusters — see velvet plant

Useful english dictionary. 2012.