POLIANTHES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Polianthes mean? 

• POLIANTHES (noun)
  The noun POLIANTHES has 1 sense:

1. genus of perennial tuberous herbs having lily-like flowers; Mexico; sometimes placed in family Amaryllidaceae

  Familiarity information: POLIANTHES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLIANTHES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of perennial tuberous herbs having lily-like flowers; Mexico; sometimes placed in family Amaryllidaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Polianthes; Polianthes

Hypernyms ("Polianthes" 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 "Polianthes"):

Polianthes tuberosa; tuberose (a tuberous Mexican herb having grasslike leaves and cultivated for its spikes of highly fragrant lily-like waxy white flowers)

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

Agavaceae; agave family; family Agavaceae; sisal family (chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae)