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GENUS STREKELIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Strekelia mean? 

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

1. a monocotyledonous genus of the amaryllis familyplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS STREKELIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A monocotyledonous genus of the amaryllis family

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Strekelia; Strekelia

Hypernyms ("genus Strekelia" 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 Strekelia"):

Aztec lily; Jacobean lily; Strekelia formosissima (Mexican bulbous herb cultivated for its handsome bright red solitary flower)

Holonyms ("genus Strekelia" 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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