SPARAXIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sparaxis mean? 

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

1. deciduous perennial herbs of South Africa

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPARAXIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deciduous perennial herbs of South Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Sparaxis; Sparaxis

Hypernyms ("Sparaxis" 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 "Sparaxis"):

Sparaxis tricolor; wandflower (a showy often-cultivated plant with tawny yellow often purple-spotted flowers)

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

family Iridaceae; Iridaceae; iris family (large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs)