GENUS BOMAREA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Bomarea mean? 

• GENUS BOMAREA (noun)
  The noun GENUS BOMAREA has 1 sense:

1. large genus of tropical American vines having showy often spotted umbellate flowers; sometimes placed in family Liliaceae especially subfamily Alstroemeriaceae

  Familiarity information: GENUS BOMAREA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS BOMAREA (noun)

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Meaning:

Large genus of tropical American vines having showy often spotted umbellate flowers; sometimes placed in family Liliaceae especially subfamily Alstroemeriaceae

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Bomarea; genus Bomarea

Hypernyms ("genus Bomarea" 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 "genus Bomarea"):

Bomarea edulis; salsilla (tropical vine having pink-and-yellow flowers spotted purple and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; West Indies to northern South America)

Bomarea salsilla; salsilla (tropical vine having umbels of small purple flowers and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; Colombia)

Holonyms ("genus Bomarea" is a member of...):

Amaryllidaceae; amaryllis family; family Amaryllidaceae (snowdrop; narcissus; daffodil; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae)