genus echium

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   a genus of bristly herbs and shrubs of the family Boraginaceae

   SynonymsEchium

   Broaderplant genus

   Part ofBoraginaceae

Questions about genus echium

What does genus echium mean?

genus echium means "a genus of bristly herbs and shrubs of the family Boraginaceae".

What is another word for genus echium?

Close synonyms include Echium. 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 echium a common word?

genus echium 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.