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GENUS MUSCARI

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae

Synonyms:

genus Muscari; Muscari

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Muscari" 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 Muscari"):

grape hyacinth (any of various early flowering spring hyacinths native to Eurasia having dense spikes of rounded blue flowers resembling bunches of small grapes)

Holonyms ("genus Muscari" 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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