genus amsonia

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   genus of herbs and subshrubs with milky juice and showy bluish flowers; Europe to Asia Minor to Japan and North America

   SynonymsAmsonia

   Broaderdicot genus

   Part ofApocynaceae

Questions about genus amsonia

What does genus amsonia mean?

genus amsonia means "genus of herbs and subshrubs with milky juice and showy bluish flowers; Europe to Asia Minor to Japan and North America".

What is another word for genus amsonia?

Close synonyms include Amsonia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus amsonia a common word?

genus amsonia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.