genus spraguea

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   small genus of usually perennial herbs having deep woody taproots and flower heads of umbels or cymes

   SynonymsSpraguea

   Broadercaryophylloid dicot genus

   Part ofPortulacaceae

Questions about genus spraguea

What does genus spraguea mean?

genus spraguea means "small genus of usually perennial herbs having deep woody taproots and flower heads of umbels or cymes".

What is another word for genus spraguea?

Close synonyms include Spraguea. 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 spraguea a common word?

genus spraguea 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.