TOFIELDIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tofieldia mean? 

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

1. genus of perennial herbs of cool temperate regions; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOFIELDIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of perennial herbs of cool temperate regions; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Tofieldia; Tofieldia

Hypernyms ("Tofieldia" 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 "Tofieldia"):

false asphodel (a plant of the genus Tofieldia having linear chiefly basal leaves and small spicate flowers)

Scotch asphodel; Tofieldia pusilla (false asphodel having spikes of white flowers; of mountainous regions of Europe)

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

family Liliaceae; Liliaceae; lily family (includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae)