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HYPOXIS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small plants that resemble amaryllis and that grow from a corm and bear flowers on a leafless stalk; sometimes classified as member of the family Amaryllidaceae: star grass

Synonyms:

genus Hypoxis; Hypoxis

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Hypoxis" 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 "Hypoxis"):

star grass (any plant of the genus Hypoxis having long grasslike leaves and yellow star-shaped flowers: Africa; Australia; southern Asia; North America)

Holonyms ("Hypoxis" is a member of...):

family Hypoxidaceae; Hypoxidaceae (in some classification systems included in the Amaryllidaceae)

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