| Noun | 1. | genus Tellima - genus of hardy perennials with palmately lobed leaves and long racemes of small nodding five-petaled flowers; western North America rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants family Saxifragaceae, Saxifragaceae, saxifrage family - a large and diverse family of evergreen or deciduous herbs; widely distributed in northern temperate and cold regions; sometimes includes genera of the family Hydrangeaceae false alumroot, fringe cups, Tellima grandiflora - plant growing in clumps with mostly basal leaves and cream-colored or pale pink fringed flowers in several long racemes; Alaska to coastal central California and east to Idaho |