heuchera

WORDNET DICTIONARY

heuchera(n = noun.plant) genus heuchera - genus of North American herbs with basal cordate or orbicular leaves and small panicled flowers; Array

is a kind of rosid dicot genus

is a member of family saxifragaceae, saxifragaceae, saxifrage family

heuchera, n.

A genus of North American herbs with basal cordate or orbicular leaves and small panicled flowers. [WordNet 1.5]

heuchera, n. any N. American herbaceous plant of the genus Heuchera, with dark-green round or heart-shaped leaves and tiny flowers.

Etymology

mod.L f. J. H. von Heucher, Ger. botanist d. 1747

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