Definitions for phacelia
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1. scorpionweed, scorpion weed, phacelianoun

   any plant of the genus Phacelia

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1. phacelianoun

   Any of many annual or perennial herbaceous plants, of the genus Phacelia, native to the Americas

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1. Phacelia

   Phacelia (phacelia, scorpionweed, heliotrope) is a genus of about 200 species of annual or perennial herbaceous plants in the borage family, native to North and South America. California is particularly rich in species with over 90 recorded in the region. The genus is traditionally placed at family rank with the waterleafs (Hydrophyllaceae) in the order Boraginales. The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, recognizing that the traditional Boraginaceae and Hydrophyllaceae are paraphyletic with respect to each other, merges the latter into the former and considers the family basal in the Euasterids I clade. Other botanists continue to recognize the Hydrophyllaceae and Boraginales after analysing the secondary structure of the ITS1 genetic region rather than its sequence for these higher taxonomic levels. This placed Phacelia within the Hydrophyllaceae. Further molecular taxonomic analysis of the Boraginales has divided the Boraginales in two and placed Phacelia among the monophyletic herbaceous Hydrophyllaceae in Boraginales II.The genus includes both annual and perennial species. Many have been cultivated as garden and honey plants. There are reports that glandular hairs of stems, flowers and leaves of some species of Phacelia secrete oil droplets that can cause an unpleasant skin rash (contact dermatitis) in some people, specifically from P. brachyloba, P. campanularia, P. crenulata, P. gina-glenneae, P. grandiflora, P. ixodes, P. minor, and P. pedicellata. The major contact allergen of P. crenulata has been identified as geranylhydroquinone and of P. minor as geranylgeranylhydroquinone.The mining bee Andrena phaceliae is a specialist pollinator of this genus in the Eastern United States

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1. phacelia

   Phacelia is a genus of plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. They are often grown for their attractive clusters of bell-shaped or funnel-shaped flowers. Most species are native to North America, and they are commonly known as scorpionweeds or heliotropes. Some variations are used in gardens for their ability to attract bees.

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1. Phacelia

   Phacelia is a genus of about 200 species of annual or perennial herbaceous plants, native to North and South America. The genus is traditionally placed at family rank with the waterleaves in the order Boraginales. The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, recognizing that the traditional Boraginaceae and Hydrophyllaceae are paraphyletic with respect to each other, merges the latter into the former and considers the family basal in the Euasterids I clade. Other botanists continue to recognize the Hydrophyllaceae and Boraginales, but to make them monophyletic the present genus be moved to the Boraginaceae. Many species are cultivated as garden plants and honey plants. As with many species in the Boraginaceae, contact with the hairs of some species of Phacelia can cause a very unpleasant rash similar to that from poison oak and poison ivy in sensitive individuals. The major contact allergen of Phacelia crenulata has been identified as geranylhydroquinone. The similar-appearing single-species genus Turricula, a common chaparral plant of Southern California, is also a frequent cause of skin irritation.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of phacelia in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of phacelia in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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