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HYPOXIDACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In some classification systems included in the Amaryllidaceae
Synonyms:
family Hypoxidaceae; Hypoxidaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Hypoxidaceae" is a kind of...):
liliid monocot family (family of monocotyledonous plants of the subclass Liliidae; mostly herbs usually with petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)
Meronyms (members of "Hypoxidaceae"):
genus Hypoxis; Hypoxis (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)
Holonyms ("Hypoxidaceae" is a member of...):
Liliales; order Liliales (an order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae)