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GENUS NEPHTHYTIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Nephthytis mean?
• GENUS NEPHTHYTIS (noun)
The noun GENUS NEPHTHYTIS has 1 sense:
1. small genus of tropical western African creeping or twining herbs
Familiarity information: GENUS NEPHTHYTIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of tropical western African creeping or twining herbs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Nephthytis" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "genus Nephthytis"):
nephthytis (any plant of the genus Nephthytis)
Holonyms ("genus Nephthytis" is a member of...):
Araceae; arum family; family Araceae (anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron)
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