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Noun: Calandrinia
  1. Large genus of low-growing herbs; widespread throughout tropical and warm temperate regions having usually basal leaves and panicles of purplish ephemeral flowers
    - genus Calandrinia

Type of: caryophylloid dicot genus

Part of: family Portulacaceae, Portulacaceae, purslane family

Encyclopedia: Calandrinia