Scaevola
Translingual
Etymology
It is a reference to the story of Gaius Mucius Scaevola (whose name comes from scaevus (“left”)), because the dried flowers recall a withered hand.
Proper noun
Scaevola f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Goodeniaceae – many species of tropical flowering plants found especially in Australia and Polynesia.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II - clades; Asterales - order; Goodeniaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Scaevola plumieri (gullfeed) - selected species
References
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- Scaevola at USDA Plants database
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