genus shortia

1. 1.

   evergreen perennial herbs of North America and eastern Asia: oconee bells

   Broaderdilleniid dicot genus

   Part ofDiapensiaceae

Questions about genus shortia

What does genus shortia mean?

genus shortia means "evergreen perennial herbs of North America and eastern Asia: oconee bells".

Is genus shortia a common word?

genus shortia 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.