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GENUS BURMANNIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Burmannia mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Burmanniaceae; slender herbs of warm regions with leaves resembling scales and flowers with a three-angled or three-winged perianthplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS BURMANNIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Burmanniaceae; slender herbs of warm regions with leaves resembling scales and flowers with a three-angled or three-winged perianth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Burmannia; genus Burmannia

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

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

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

Burmanniaceae; family Burmanniaceae (family of chiefly tropical herbs with basal leaves like bracts and small flowers)


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