GENUS HIPPEASTRUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Hippeastrum mean? 

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

1. bulbous flowering plants of tropical America

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

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• GENUS HIPPEASTRUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bulbous flowering plants of tropical America

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Hippeastrum" 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 Hippeastrum"):

hippeastrum; Hippeastrum puniceum (amaryllis of tropical America often cultivated as a houseplant for its showy white to red flowers)

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

Amaryllidaceae; amaryllis family; family Amaryllidaceae (snowdrop; narcissus; daffodil; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae)