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SPARAXIS

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(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Deciduous perennial herbs of South Africa

Synonyms:

genus Sparaxis; Sparaxis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Sparaxis" 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 "Sparaxis"):

Sparaxis tricolor; wandflower (a showy often-cultivated plant with tawny yellow often purple-spotted flowers)

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

family Iridaceae; Iridaceae; iris family (large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs)

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