mentzelia(n = noun.plant) genus mentzelia - genus of bristly herbs or subshrubs of western America lacking stinging hairs;
is a kind of dilleniid dicot genus
is a member of family loasaceae, loasa family, loasaceae
A genus of bristly herbs or subshrubs of Western America lacking stinging hairs. [WordNet 1.5]
genus mentzelia, mentzelia laevicaulis, mentzelia lindleyi, mentzelia livicaulis