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GENUS NARCISSUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Narcissus mean?
• GENUS NARCISSUS (noun)
The noun GENUS NARCISSUS has 1 sense:
1. Old World perennial bulbous herbs
Familiarity information: GENUS NARCISSUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Old World perennial bulbous herbs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Narcissus" 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 Narcissus"):
narcissus (bulbous plant having erect linear leaves and showy yellow or white flowers either solitary or in clusters)
Holonyms ("genus Narcissus" is a member of...):
Amaryllidaceae; amaryllis family; family Amaryllidaceae (snowdrop; narcissus; daffodil; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae)
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