genus exacum

1. 1.

   genus of tropical Asiatic and African plants: especially Persian violets

   SynonymsExacum

   Broaderdicot genus

   Part ofGentianaceae

Questions about genus exacum

What does genus exacum mean?

genus exacum means "genus of tropical Asiatic and African plants: especially Persian violets".

What is another word for genus exacum?

Close synonyms include Exacum. 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 exacum a common word?

genus exacum 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.