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GENUS ANTHURIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Anthurium mean? 

GENUS ANTHURIUM (noun)
  The noun GENUS ANTHURIUM has 1 sense:

1. large genus of often epiphytic evergreen tropical American plants often cultivated as houseplantsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS ANTHURIUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large genus of often epiphytic evergreen tropical American plants often cultivated as houseplants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Anthurium" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "genus Anthurium"):

anthurium; tail-flower; tailflower (any of various tropical American plants cultivated for their showy foliage and flowers)

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

Araceae; arum family; family Araceae (anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron)


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