genus calandrinia

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   large genus of low-growing herbs; widespread throughout tropical and warm temperate regions having usually basal leaves and panicles of purplish ephemeral flowers

   SynonymsCalandrinia

   Broadercaryophylloid dicot genus

   Part ofPortulacaceae

Questions about genus calandrinia

What does genus calandrinia mean?

genus calandrinia means "large genus of low-growing herbs; widespread throughout tropical and warm temperate regions having usually basal leaves and panicles of purplish ephemeral flowers".

What is another word for genus calandrinia?

Close synonyms include Calandrinia. 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 calandrinia a common word?

genus calandrinia 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.