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UVULARIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Uvularia mean?
• UVULARIA (noun)
The noun UVULARIA has 1 sense:
1. genus of perennial rhizomatous herb of southern and southeastern United States
Familiarity information: UVULARIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of perennial rhizomatous herb of southern and southeastern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Uvularia; Uvularia
Hypernyms ("Uvularia" 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 "Uvularia"):
bellwort; merry bells; wild oats (any of various plants of the genus Uvularia having yellowish drooping bell-shaped flowers)
cornflower; strawflower; Uvularia grandiflora (plant of southern and southeastern United States grown for its yellow flowers that can be dried)
Holonyms ("Uvularia" is a member of...):
subfamily Uvulariaceae; Uvulariaceae (one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae)
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