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Mentzelia

noun

genus of bristly herbs or subshrubs of western America lacking stinging hairs

• Syn: ↑genus Mentzelia

• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Loasaceae, ↑family Loasaceae, ↑loasa family

• Member Meronyms: ↑blazing star, ↑Mentzelia livicaulis, ↑Mentzelia laevicaulis, ↑bartonia, ↑Mentzelia lindleyi

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\\men(t)ˈsēlēə\ noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Christian Mentzel died 1701 German physician and botanist + New Latin -ia

1. capitalized : a genus of scabrous and bristly western American herbs or undershrubs (family Loasaceae) with alternate leaves, yellow or white flowers, and a one-celled ovary with numerous ovules

2. -s

a. : any plant of the genus Mentzelia — called also bartonia

b. : a plant of the related genus Nuttallia

Useful english dictionary. 2012.