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GENUS HIPPEASTRUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bulbous flowering plants of tropical America
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Hippeastrum" 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 Hippeastrum"):
hippeastrum; Hippeastrum puniceum (amaryllis of tropical America often cultivated as a houseplant for its showy white to red flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Hippeastrum" 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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