AFRICAN TULIP

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Meaning:

African plant with bright green evergreen leaves and umbels of many usually deep violet-blue flowers

Synonyms:

African lily; African tulip; Agapanthus africanus; blue African lily

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("African tulip" is a kind of...):

agapanthus; lily of the Nile (any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowers)

Holonyms ("African tulip" is a member of...):

genus Agapanthus (small genus of South African evergreen or deciduous plants; sometimes placed in the family or subfamily Alliaceae)