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ANIGOZANTHUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Anigozanthus mean?
• ANIGOZANTHUS (noun)
The noun ANIGOZANTHUS has 1 sense:
1. genus of monocotyledonous plants with curious woolly flowers on sturdy stems above a fan of sword-shaped leaves; includes kangaroo's paw and Australian sword lily; sometimes placed in family Amaryllidaceae
Familiarity information: ANIGOZANTHUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of monocotyledonous plants with curious woolly flowers on sturdy stems above a fan of sword-shaped leaves; includes kangaroo's paw and Australian sword lily; sometimes placed in family Amaryllidaceae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Anigozanthus; genus Anigozanthus
Hypernyms ("Anigozanthus" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Anigozanthus"):
Anigozanthus manglesii; Australian sword lily; kangaroo's-foot; kangaroo's paw; kangaroo-foot plant; kangaroo paw (sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs; Australia)
Holonyms ("Anigozanthus" is a member of...):
bloodwort family; family Haemodoraceae; Haemodoraceae (some genera placed in family Liliaceae)
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