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FAMILY HYPOXIDACEAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

In some classification systems included in the Amaryllidaceae

Synonyms:

family Hypoxidaceae; Hypoxidaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("family Hypoxidaceae" is a kind of...):

liliid monocot family (family of monocotyledonous plants of the subclass Liliidae; mostly herbs usually with petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)

Meronyms (members of "family Hypoxidaceae"):

genus Hypoxis; Hypoxis (small plants that resemble amaryllis and that grow from a corm and bear flowers on a leafless stalk; sometimes classified as member of the family Amaryllidaceae: star grass)

Holonyms ("family Hypoxidaceae" is a member of...):

Liliales; order Liliales (an order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae)

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