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GENUS CROCUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Crocus" 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 Crocus"):
crocus (any of numerous low-growing plants of the genus Crocus having slender grasslike leaves and white or yellow or purple flowers; native chiefly to the Mediterranean region but widely cultivated)
Holonyms ("genus Crocus" is a member of...):
family Iridaceae; Iridaceae; iris family (large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs)
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