genus mertensia

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   a genus of herbs belonging to the family Boraginaceae that grow in temperate regions and have blue or purple flowers shaped like funnels

   SynonymsMertensia

   Broaderplant genus

   Part ofBoraginaceae

Questions about genus mertensia

What does genus mertensia mean?

genus mertensia means "a genus of herbs belonging to the family Boraginaceae that grow in temperate regions and have blue or purple flowers shaped like funnels".

What is another word for genus mertensia?

Close synonyms include Mertensia. 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 mertensia a common word?

genus mertensia 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.