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saintpaulia

saintpaulia noun: any of the perennial flowering plants of the genus Saintpaulia, the African violets, especially Saintpaulia ionantha.

Noun

saintpaulia (plural saintpaulias)

  1. Any of the perennial flowering plants of the genus Saintpaulia, the African violets, especially Saintpaulia ionantha.

Forms of saintpaulia

pluralsaintpaulias

Origin of saintpaulia

From the genus name.

Questions about saintpaulia

What does saintpaulia mean?
Saintpaulia means any of the perennial flowering plants of the genus Saintpaulia, the African violets, especially Saintpaulia ionantha.
What part of speech is saintpaulia?
Saintpaulia is a noun.
What is the plural of saintpaulia?
The plural of saintpaulia is saintpaulias.

Words near saintpaulia in the dictionary

  1. saintmaker
  2. saintologies
  3. saintology
  4. Saintonge
  5. Saintongeais
  6. saintpaulia
  7. saintpaulias
  8. saints
  9. saints alive
  10. saints' bell
  11. saints' bells

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