GENUS ALSTROEMERIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Alstroemeria mean? 

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

1. genus of showy South American herbs with leafy stems; sometimes placed in family Alstroemeriaceae or in family Amaryllidaceae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ALSTROEMERIA (noun)

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Meaning:

Genus of showy South American herbs with leafy stems; sometimes placed in family Alstroemeriaceae or in family Amaryllidaceae

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Alstroemeria" 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 Alstroemeria"):

alstroemeria (any of various South American plants of the genus Alstroemeria valued for their handsome umbels of beautiful flowers)

Alstroemeria pelegrina; lily of the Incas; Peruvian lily (an Andean herb having umbels of showy pinkish-purple lily-like flowers)

Holonyms ("genus Alstroemeria" 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)