Associations to the word «Mentzelia»

Wiktionary

MENTZELIA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Loasaceae   — certain flowering plants of the Americas, called blazing stars or stickleafs.
MENTZELIA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Spiriferinidae   — certain extinct brachiopods.

Dictionary definition

MENTZELIA, noun. Genus of bristly herbs or subshrubs of western America lacking stinging hairs.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras