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GENUS BOWIEA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs with deciduous twining stems; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae
Synonyms:
Bowiea; genus Bowiea
Classified under:
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)
