GENUS HYACINTHOIDES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Hyacinthoides mean? 

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

1. small genus of perennial bulbs of western Europe and North Africa; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS HYACINTHOIDES (noun)

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Meaning:

Small genus of perennial bulbs of western Europe and North Africa; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Hyacinthoides; Hyacinthoides

Hypernyms ("genus Hyacinthoides" 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 Hyacinthoides"):

bluebell; harebell; Hyacinthoides nonscripta; Scilla nonscripta; wild hyacinth; wood hyacinth (sometimes placed in genus Scilla)

Holonyms ("genus Hyacinthoides" 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)