GENUS BOWIEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Bowiea mean? 

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

1. small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs with deciduous twining stems; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS BOWIEA (noun)

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Meaning:

Small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs with deciduous twining stems; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Bowiea; genus Bowiea

Hypernyms ("genus Bowiea" 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 Bowiea"):

Bowiea volubilis; climbing onion (much-branched leafless twining South African herb cultivated as an ornamental for its bright green stems growing from large aboveground bulbs)

Holonyms ("genus Bowiea" 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)