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UVULARIA

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Meaning:

Genus of perennial rhizomatous herb of southern and southeastern United States

Synonyms:

genus Uvularia; Uvularia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Uvularia" 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 "Uvularia"):

bellwort; merry bells; wild oats (any of various plants of the genus Uvularia having yellowish drooping bell-shaped flowers)

cornflower; strawflower; Uvularia grandiflora (plant of southern and southeastern United States grown for its yellow flowers that can be dried)

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

subfamily Uvulariaceae; Uvulariaceae (one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae)

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