Thapsia

Translingual

Etymology 1

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Proper noun

Thapsia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Urocyclidae – certain air-breathing land snails.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Gastropoda - class; Heterobranchia - subclass; Stylommatophora - order; Helicina - suborder; Limacoidei - infraorder; Helicarionoidea - superfamily; Urocyclidae - family; Sheldoniinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Thapsia troglodytes - type species

References

• Thapsia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sheldoniinae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Thapsia (Gastropoda) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Thapsia at World Register of Marine Species

Etymology 2

From Latin thapsia, from Ancient Greek θαψία (thapsía, “a plant that dyed yellow, probably Thapsia garganica”), brought from Θάψος (Thápsos), an island in front of Sicily.

Proper noun

Thapsia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – deadly carrots.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II - clades; Apiales - order; Apiaceae - family; Apioideae - subfamily; Scandiceae - tribe; Daucinae - subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Thapsia villosa - type species

References

• Thapsia (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Thapsia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Thapsia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Thapsia at Plants of the World Online
• Thapsia at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Thapsia at Tropicos