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GENUS SPATHIPHYLLUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Spathiphyllum mean? 

GENUS SPATHIPHYLLUM (noun)
  The noun GENUS SPATHIPHYLLUM has 1 sense:

1. evergreen rhizomatous perennials of tropical America and Philippines and Indonesiaplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS SPATHIPHYLLUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Evergreen rhizomatous perennials of tropical America and Philippines and Indonesia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Spathiphyllum" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "genus Spathiphyllum"):

peace lily; spathe flower; spathiphyllum (any of various plants of the genus Spathiphyllum having a white or green spathe and a spike of fragrant flowers and often cultivated as an ornamental)

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

Araceae; arum family; family Araceae (anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron)


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