Definitions for Achimenes

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Achimenes a·chim·e·nes

Spelling: [uh-kim-uh-neez]

IPA: /əˈkɪm əˌniz/

Achimenes is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 490 anagrams from letters in Achimenes (aceehimns).

Definitions for Achimenes

noun

1. any of several tropical American herbs of the genus Achimenes, cultivated for their showy, tubular flowers.

Origin of Achimenes

New Latin (1791), alteration of Latin achaemenis Greek achaimenís

Examples for Achimenes

achimenes are stove bulbs and cannot be grown without a sufficiency of heat.

Trevirana or achimenes, and Columnea, are removed to Gesneriace.