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GENUS NOLINA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perennial plants resembling yucca; found in southern United States and Mexico
Synonyms:
genus Nolina; Nolina
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Nolina" 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 Nolina"):
bear grass; Nolina microcarpa (stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers; southwestern United States and Mexico)
Holonyms ("genus Nolina" is a member of...):
Agavaceae; agave family; family Agavaceae; sisal family (chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae)
