GENUS HYACINTHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Hyacinthus mean? 

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

1. sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae as the type genus

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS HYACINTHUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae as the type genus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Hyacinthus" 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 Hyacinthus"):

hyacinth (any of numerous bulbous perennial herbs)

Holonyms ("genus Hyacinthus" 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)