GENUS SCILLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Scilla mean? 

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

1. sometimes placed in subfamily Hyacinthaceae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS SCILLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sometimes placed in subfamily Hyacinthaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Scilla" 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 Scilla"):

scilla; squill (an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers)

Holonyms ("genus Scilla" 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)