genus phacelia

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   American herbs with usually pinnatifid leaves and blue or purple or white flowers in scorpioid cymes

   Broaderasterid dicot genus

   Part ofHydrophyllaceae

Questions about genus phacelia

What does genus phacelia mean?

genus phacelia means "American herbs with usually pinnatifid leaves and blue or purple or white flowers in scorpioid cymes".

Is genus phacelia a common word?

genus phacelia 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.