GENUS AGAPANTHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Agapanthus mean? 

• GENUS AGAPANTHUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS AGAPANTHUS has 1 sense:

1. small genus of South African evergreen or deciduous plants; sometimes placed in the family or subfamily Alliaceae

  Familiarity information: GENUS AGAPANTHUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS AGAPANTHUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Small genus of South African evergreen or deciduous plants; sometimes placed in the family or subfamily Alliaceae

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Agapanthus" 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 Agapanthus"):

agapanthus; lily of the Nile (any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowers)

African lily; African tulip; Agapanthus africanus; blue African lily (African plant with bright green evergreen leaves and umbels of many usually deep violet-blue flowers)

Holonyms ("genus Agapanthus" is a member of...):

family Liliaceae; Liliaceae; lily family (includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae)