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GENUS FRITILLARIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Fritillaria mean? 

GENUS FRITILLARIA (noun)
  The noun GENUS FRITILLARIA has 1 sense:

1. fritillaryplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS FRITILLARIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Fritillary

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Fritillaria; genus Fritillaria

Hypernyms ("genus Fritillaria" 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 Fritillaria"):

checkered lily; fritillary (any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers)

Holonyms ("genus Fritillaria" 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)


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