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GENUS POLIANTHES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of perennial tuberous herbs having lily-like flowers; Mexico; sometimes placed in family Amaryllidaceae
Synonyms:
genus Polianthes; Polianthes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Polianthes" 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 Polianthes"):
Polianthes tuberosa; tuberose (a tuberous Mexican herb having grasslike leaves and cultivated for its spikes of highly fragrant lily-like waxy white flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Polianthes" 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)
