GENUS BRODIAEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Brodiaea mean? 

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

1. genus of western United States bulbous plants with basal leaves and variously colored flowers; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS BRODIAEA (noun)

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Meaning:

Genus of western United States bulbous plants with basal leaves and variously colored flowers; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Brodiaea" 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 Brodiaea"):

brodiaea (any of several plants of the genus Brodiaea having basal grasslike leaves and globose flower heads on leafless stems resembling those of genus Allium)

Brodiaea elegans; elegant brodiaea (brodiaea having an umbel of violet or blue-violet flowers atop a leafless stalk; northern Oregon to southern California)

Holonyms ("genus Brodiaea" 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)