GENUS KNIPHOFIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Kniphofia mean? 

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

1. genus of showy clump-forming African herbs with grasslike leaves; sometimes placed in family Aloeaceae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS KNIPHOFIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of showy clump-forming African herbs with grasslike leaves; sometimes placed in family Aloeaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Kniphofia" 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 Kniphofia"):

flame-flower; flame flower; flameflower; kniphofia; tritoma (a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers)

Holonyms ("genus Kniphofia" 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)