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GENUS BOMAREA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large genus of tropical American vines having showy often spotted umbellate flowers; sometimes placed in family Liliaceae especially subfamily Alstroemeriaceae
Synonyms:
Bomarea; genus Bomarea
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Bomarea" 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 Bomarea"):
Bomarea edulis; salsilla (tropical vine having pink-and-yellow flowers spotted purple and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; West Indies to northern South America)
Bomarea salsilla; salsilla (tropical vine having umbels of small purple flowers and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; Colombia)
Holonyms ("genus Bomarea" is a member of...):
Amaryllidaceae; amaryllis family; family Amaryllidaceae (snowdrop; narcissus; daffodil; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae)
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