a magnoliid dicot genus of plants having flowers resembling the larkspur's but differing from larkspur's in the arrangement of petals; sometimes included in genus Delphinium
plant noun (plants and fungi)
Consolida*
(* Consolida may be used in a singular or plural context)
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a genus of about 40 species of annual flowering plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, native from western Europe through the Mediterranean region east to central Asia. The common name, Larkspur, is shared with the closely related genus ... (38 of 342 words, 1 image)
the buttercup family, comprising about 2,252 species in 62 genera of flowering plants, mostly herbs, which are widely distributed in all temperate and ... (23 of 102 words)
the plant family Ranunculaceae, typified by mostly herbaceous plants having usually alternate leaves, multistaminate flowers sometimes lacking petals ... (18 of 34 words)
[botany] A taxonomic family, within order Ranunculales — many flowering plants. (10 of 13 words)
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