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Linanthus

noun

a genus of herbs of the family Polemoniaceae; found in western United States

• Syn: ↑genus Linanthus

• Hypernyms: ↑plant genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Polemoniaceae, ↑family Polemoniaceae, ↑phlox family

• Member Meronyms: ↑ground pink, ↑fringed pink, ↑moss pink, ↑Linanthus dianthiflorus, ↑evening-snow, ↑Linanthus dichotomus

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\\līˈnan(t)thəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from lin- (from Latin linum) + -anthus

: a genus of delicate herbs (family Polemoniaceae) of the western United States having opposite usually palmately divided leaves

Useful english dictionary. 2012.