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GENUS ALSTROEMERIA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of showy South American herbs with leafy stems; sometimes placed in family Alstroemeriaceae or in family Amaryllidaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Alstroemeria" is a kind of...):
liliid monocot genus (genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)
Meronyms (members of "genus Alstroemeria"):
alstroemeria (any of various South American plants of the genus Alstroemeria valued for their handsome umbels of beautiful flowers)
Alstroemeria pelegrina; lily of the Incas; Peruvian lily (an Andean herb having umbels of showy pinkish-purple lily-like flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Alstroemeria" is a member of...):
family Liliaceae; Liliaceae; lily family (includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae)
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