NEPHTHYTIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nephthytis mean? 

• NEPHTHYTIS (noun)
  The noun NEPHTHYTIS has 1 sense:

1. any plant of the genus Nephthytis

  Familiarity information: NEPHTHYTIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEPHTHYTIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any plant of the genus Nephthytis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("nephthytis" is a kind of...):

aroid; arum (any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nephthytis"):

Nephthytis afzelii (tropical rhizomatous plant cultivated as an ornamental for its large sagittate leaves)

Holonyms ("nephthytis" is a member of...):

genus Nephthytis (small genus of tropical western African creeping or twining herbs)