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GENUS HYPOXIS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small plants that resemble amaryllis and that grow from a corm and bear flowers on a leafless stalk; sometimes classified as member of the family Amaryllidaceae: star grass
Synonyms:
genus Hypoxis; Hypoxis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Hypoxis" 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 Hypoxis"):
star grass (any plant of the genus Hypoxis having long grasslike leaves and yellow star-shaped flowers: Africa; Australia; southern Asia; North America)
Holonyms ("genus Hypoxis" is a member of...):
family Hypoxidaceae; Hypoxidaceae (in some classification systems included in the Amaryllidaceae)