genus tellima

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   genus of hardy perennials with palmately lobed leaves and long racemes of small nodding five-petaled flowers; western North America

   SynonymsTellima

   Broaderrosid dicot genus

   Part ofSaxifragaceae

Questions about genus tellima

What does genus tellima mean?

genus tellima means "genus of hardy perennials with palmately lobed leaves and long racemes of small nodding five-petaled flowers; western North America".

What is another word for genus tellima?

Close synonyms include Tellima. 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 tellima a common word?

genus tellima 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.