GENUS NEPHTHYTIS

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Meaning:

Small genus of tropical western African creeping or twining herbs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Nephthytis" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "genus Nephthytis"):

nephthytis (any plant of the genus Nephthytis)

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

Araceae; arum family; family Araceae (anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron)

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