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GENUS ANIGOZANTHUS

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Meaning:

Genus of monocotyledonous plants with curious woolly flowers on sturdy stems above a fan of sword-shaped leaves; includes kangaroo's paw and Australian sword lily; sometimes placed in family Amaryllidaceaeplay

Synonyms:

Anigozanthus; genus Anigozanthus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Anigozanthus" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "genus Anigozanthus"):

Anigozanthus manglesii; Australian sword lily; kangaroo's-foot; kangaroo's paw; kangaroo-foot plant; kangaroo paw (sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs; Australia)

Holonyms ("genus Anigozanthus" is a member of...):

bloodwort family; family Haemodoraceae; Haemodoraceae (some genera placed in family Liliaceae)

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