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NOLINA

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Meaning:

Perennial plants resembling yucca; found in southern United States and Mexico

Synonyms:

genus Nolina; Nolina

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("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 "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 ("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)

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