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GENUS CANNA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Type and sole genus of the Cannaceae: perennial lily-like herbs of New World tropics
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Canna" 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 Canna"):
canna (any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Canna" is a member of...):
Cannaceae; family Cannaceae (coextensive with the genus Canna)
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