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    GENUS BOWIEA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs with deciduous twining stems; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceaeplay

    Synonyms:

    Bowiea; genus Bowiea

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Bowiea" 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 "genus Bowiea"):

    Bowiea volubilis; climbing onion (much-branched leafless twining South African herb cultivated as an ornamental for its bright green stems growing from large aboveground bulbs)

    Holonyms ("genus Bowiea" is a member of...):

    family Liliaceae; Liliaceae; lily family (includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae)

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