Acantholimon
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TranslingualEdit
EtymologyEdit
acanth- (“spiny”) + Limonium[1]
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Acantholimon n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Plumbaginaceae – prickly thrift, mostly oriental herbs with white or red flowers.
HypernymsEdit
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Caryophyllales - order; Plumbaginaceae - family; Limonioideae - subfamily; Limonieae - tribe
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], ISBN 0-87779-101-5)