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GENUS APHYLLANTHES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Aphyllanthes mean?
• GENUS APHYLLANTHES (noun)
The noun GENUS APHYLLANTHES has 1 sense:
1. one species; small fibrous-rooted perennial with rushlike foliage and deep blue flowers; sometimes placed in its own family Aphyllanthaceae
Familiarity information: GENUS APHYLLANTHES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One species; small fibrous-rooted perennial with rushlike foliage and deep blue flowers; sometimes placed in its own family Aphyllanthaceae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Aphyllanthes; genus Aphyllanthes
Hypernyms ("genus Aphyllanthes" is a kind of...):
liliid monocot genus (genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)
Holonyms ("genus Aphyllanthes" 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)
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