1. large genus of low-growing herbs; widespread throughout tropical and warm temperate regions having usually basal leaves and panicles of purplish ephemeral flowers; [syn: Calandrinia, genus Calandrinia]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
genus Calandrinia
n 1: large genus of low-growing herbs; widespread throughout
tropical and warm temperate regions having usually basal
leaves and panicles of purplish ephemeral flowers [syn:
Calandrinia, genus Calandrinia]