- Cape primrose
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streptocarpus.
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Cape primrose
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Cape primrose — noun any of various African plants of the genus Streptocarpus widely cultivated especially as houseplants for their showy blue or purple flowers • Hypernyms: ↑streptocarpus • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Streptocarpus * * * noun Usage: usually… … Useful english dictionary
Cape primrose — noun a streptocarpus … English new terms dictionary
Evening primrose — Evening E ven*ing, n. [AS. [=ae]fnung. See {even}, n., and cf. {Eve}.] 1. The latter part and close of the day, and the beginning of darkness or night; properly, the decline of the day, or of the sun. [1913 Webster] In the ascending scale Of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Capeprimrose — Cape primrose n. Any of various chiefly African plants of the genus Streptocarpus, widely cultivated as houseplants for their attractive foliage and clusters of showy colorful flowers. Also called streptocarpus. * * * … Universalium
List of garden plants — This is a partial list of garden plants, plants that can be cultivated in the garden, listed alphabetically by genus.See also: * List of plants by common name NOTOC A * Abelia * Abeliophyllum (white forsythia) * Abelmoschus (okra) * Abies (fir) * … Wikipedia
genus Streptocarpus — noun large genus of usually stemless African or Asian herbs: Cape primrose • Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Gesneriaceae, ↑family Gesneriaceae, ↑gesneria family • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Streptocarpus — Taxobox name = Streptocarpus image width = 240px image caption = Streptocarpus parviflorus regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Lamiales familia = Gesneriaceae genus = Streptocarpus Lindl. subdivision ranks =… … Wikipedia
streptocarpus — /strep teuh kahr peuhs/, n. any of various plants belonging to the genus Streptocarpus, of the gesneria family, native to Africa and Asia, having showy white, pink, or purplish flowers and often cultivated as a houseplant. Also called Cape… … Universalium
Streptocarpus ×hybridus Voss — Symbol STHY11 Common Name Cape primrose Botanical Family Gesneriaceae … Scientific plant list
Streptocarpus Lindl. — Symbol STREP5 Common Name cape primrose Botanical Family Gesneriaceae … Scientific plant list
