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GENUS SISYRINCHIUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Chiefly North American grasslike herbs
Synonyms:
genus Sisyrinchium; Sisyrinchium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Sisyrinchium" 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 Sisyrinchium"):
blue-eyed grass (plant with grasslike foliage and delicate blue flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Sisyrinchium" 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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