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IXIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ixia mean?
• IXIA (noun)
The noun IXIA has 1 sense:
1. a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae
Familiarity information: IXIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Ixia; Ixia
Hypernyms ("Ixia" 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 "Ixia"):
corn lily (any of several South African plants of the genus Ixia having grasslike leaves and clusters of showy variously colored lily-like flowers; widely cultivated)
Holonyms ("Ixia" is a member of...):
family Iridaceae; Iridaceae; iris family (large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs)
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