GENUS NARCISSUS

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Meaning:

Old World perennial bulbous herbs

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Narcissus" 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 Narcissus"):

narcissus (bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white flowers either solitary or in clusters)

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

Amaryllidaceae; amaryllis family; family Amaryllidaceae (snowdrop; narcissus; daffodil; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae)

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