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GENUS SPATHIPHYLLUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Spathiphyllum mean?
• GENUS SPATHIPHYLLUM (noun)
The noun GENUS SPATHIPHYLLUM has 1 sense:
1. evergreen rhizomatous perennials of tropical America and Philippines and Indonesia
Familiarity information: GENUS SPATHIPHYLLUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Evergreen rhizomatous perennials of tropical America and Philippines and Indonesia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Spathiphyllum" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "genus Spathiphyllum"):
peace lily; spathe flower; spathiphyllum (any of various plants of the genus Spathiphyllum having a white or green spathe and a spike of fragrant flowers and often cultivated as an ornamental)
Holonyms ("genus Spathiphyllum" is a member of...):
Araceae; arum family; family Araceae (anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron)
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