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GENUS PARIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Sometimes placed in subfamily Trilliaceae

Synonyms:

genus Paris; Paris

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

plant genus (a genus of plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Paris"):

herb Paris; Paris quadrifolia (European herb with yellow-green flowers resembling and closely related to the trilliums; reputed to be poisonous)

Holonyms ("genus Paris" 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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