| prop. n. | 1. | A genus of bristly herbs or subshrubs of Western America lacking stinging hairs. |
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| Noun | 1. |  Mentzelia - genus of bristly herbs or subshrubs of western America lacking stinging hairsdilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs family Loasaceae, loasa family, Loasaceae - family of bristly hairy sometimes climbing plants; America and Africa and southern Arabia blazing star, Mentzelia laevicaulis, Mentzelia livicaulis - biennial of southwestern United States having white stems and toothed leaves that is grown for its large pale yellow flowers that open in early morning bartonia, Mentzelia lindleyi - annual grown especially for its fragrant golden nocturnal flowers |
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