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CANNA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("canna" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "canna"):
Canna generalis; canna lily (plants grown for their large bright yellow to red flowers)
achira; arrowroot; Canna edulis; Canna indica; indian shot (canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained)
Holonyms ("canna" is a member of...):
genus Canna (type and sole genus of the Cannaceae: perennial lily-like herbs of New World tropics)
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