GENUS CANNA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Canna mean? 

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

1. type and sole genus of the Cannaceae: perennial lily-like herbs of New World tropics

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS CANNA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type and sole genus of the Cannaceae: perennial lily-like herbs of New World tropics

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Canna" 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 Canna"):

canna (any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers)

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

Cannaceae; family Cannaceae (coextensive with the genus Canna)