BURMANNIA

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Burmanniaceae; slender herbs of warm regions with leaves resembling scales and flowers with a three-angled or three-winged perianth

Synonyms:

Burmannia; genus Burmannia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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

Burmanniaceae; family Burmanniaceae (family of chiefly tropical herbs with basal leaves like bracts and small flowers)

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