Polanisia

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Noun

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Polanisia - widely distributed herbs having palmate leaves and creamy white to or pink to magenta flowers with many stamens of unequal lengthgenus Polanisiadilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbscaper family, Capparidaceae, family Capparidaceae - a dilleniid dicot family of the order Rhoeadales that includes: genera Capparis, Cleome, Crateva, and Polanisiaclammyweed, Polanisia dodecandra, Polanisia graveolens - strong-scented herb common in southern United States covered with intermixed gland and hairs