noun
genus of western North American low-growing herbs having linear woolly leaves and large pink flowers
• Syn: ↑genus Lewisia
• Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Portulacaceae, ↑family Portulacaceae, ↑purslane family
• Member Meronyms: ↑siskiyou lewisia, ↑Lewisia cotyledon, ↑bitterroot, ↑Lewisia rediviva
Useful english dictionary. 2012.