LILIID MONOCOT GENUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does liliid monocot genus mean? 

• LILIID MONOCOT GENUS (noun)
  The noun LILIID MONOCOT GENUS has 1 sense:

1. genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LILIID MONOCOT GENUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("liliid monocot genus" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "liliid monocot genus"):

genus Hyacinthoides; Hyacinthoides (small genus of perennial bulbs of western Europe and North Africa; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae)

genus Xerophyllum; Xerophyllum (small genus of North American herbs having grasslike basal leaves: squaw grass; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae)

genus Veratrum; Veratrum (a genus of coarse poisonous perennial herbs; sometimes placed in subfamily Melanthiaceae)

genus Narthecium; Narthecium (bog asphodels; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae)

genus Ruscus; Ruscus (a genus of European evergreen shrubs; sometimes placed in family Asparagaceae)

genus Urginea; Urginea (Mediterranean liliaceous plants; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae)

genus Tofieldia; Tofieldia (genus of perennial herbs of cool temperate regions; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae)

genus Scilla (sometimes placed in subfamily Hyacinthaceae)

genus Muscari; Muscari; genus Ornithogalum; Ornithogalum (sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae)

genus Xanthorroea; Xanthorroea (grass trees; sometimes placed in family Xanthorrhoeaceae)

genus Hyacinthus (sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae as the type genus)

Funka; genus Funka; genus Hosta; Hosta (robust east Asian clump-forming perennial herbs having racemose flowers: plantain lilies; sometimes placed in family Hostaceae)

genus Hemerocallis; Hemerocallis (east Asian rhizomatous clump-forming perennial herbs having flowers on long leafless stalks; cosmopolitan in cultivation: day lilies; sometimes placed in subfamily Hemerocallidaceae)

genus Gloriosa (sometimes placed in family Colchicaceae; one species: glory lily)

Colchicum; genus Colchicum (chiefly fall-blooming perennial cormous herbs; sometimes placed in family Colchicaceae)

genus Tulipa; Tulipa (Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs)

Fritillaria; genus Fritillaria (fritillary)

Erythronium; genus Erythronium (perennial bulbous herbs most of northern United States: dogtooth violet; adder's tongue; trout lily; fawn lily)

genus Uvularia; Uvularia (genus of perennial rhizomatous herb of southern and southeastern United States)

genus Yucca (tropical American plants with stiff lancelike leaves and spikes of white blossoms; sometimes considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae)

genus Sansevieria (Old World tropical herbaceous perennial of the agave family; in some classifications considered a genus of Liliaceae)

genus Polianthes; Polianthes (genus of perennial tuberous herbs having lily-like flowers; Mexico; sometimes placed in family Amaryllidaceae)

genus Nolina; Nolina (perennial plants resembling yucca; found in southern United States and Mexico)

genus Dracaena (Old World tropical plants with branches ending in tufts of sword-shaped leaves; in some classifications considered a genus of Liliaceae)

Cordyline; genus Cordyline (Asiatic and Pacific trees or shrubs; fragments of the trunk will regrow to form whole plants)

genus Agave (type genus of the Agavaceae; in some classifications considered a genus of Amaryllidaceae)

genus Tacca; Tacca (genus of tropical plants with creeping rootstocks and small umbellate flowers)

Camassia; genus Camassia; genus Quamassia; Quamassia (genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs)

genus Polygonatum; Polygonatum (sometimes placed in subfamily Convallariaceae)

genus Maianthemum; Maianthemum (sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: false lily of the valley)

genus Liriope; Liriope (sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: lilyturf)

genus Clintonia (sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae)

Convallaria; genus Convallaria (sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae: lily of the valley)

genus Smilax; Smilax (sometimes placed in Smilacaceae)

genus Trillium (deciduous perennial herbs; sometimes placed in family Liliaceae)

genus Zigadenus; Zigadenus (genus of mostly North American poisonous plants; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae)

genus Amaryllis (type genus of the Amaryllidaceae; bulbous flowering plants of southern Africa)

genus Albuca (genus of bulbous plants of South Africa; sometimes placed in subfamily Hyacinthaceae)

genus Agapanthus (small genus of South African evergreen or deciduous plants; sometimes placed in the family or subfamily Alliaceae)

genus Lilium; Lilium (type genus of Liliaceae)

genus Hypoxis; Hypoxis (small plants that resemble amaryllis and that grow from a corm and bear flowers on a leafless stalk; sometimes classified as member of the family Amaryllidaceae: star grass)

genus Strekelia; Strekelia (a monocotyledonous genus of the amaryllis family)

genus Narcissus (Old World perennial bulbous herbs)

genus Hippeastrum (bulbous flowering plants of tropical America)

genus Haemanthus; Haemanthus (genus of African deciduous or evergreen bulbous herbs: blood lilies)

Bomarea; genus Bomarea (large genus of tropical American vines having showy often spotted umbellate flowers; sometimes placed in family Liliaceae especially subfamily Alstroemeriaceae)

Aletris; genus Aletris (small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae)

genus Sparaxis; Sparaxis (deciduous perennial herbs of South Africa)

genus Sisyrinchium; Sisyrinchium (chiefly North American grasslike herbs)

genus Ixia; Ixia (a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae)

genus Gladiolus (gladiolas)

genus Freesia (cormous perennial herbs; native to South Africa)

genus Crocus; Belamcanda; genus Belamcanda (a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae)

genus Iris (large genus of perennials that develop from bulbs or rhizomes)

Asphodeline; genus Asphodeline (genus of rhizomatous perennial or biennial herbs with numerous sometimes fragrant flowers in long cylindrical racemes; Mediterranean region to Caucasus; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae)

Calochortus; genus Calochortus (large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs)

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

Bowiea; genus Bowiea (small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs with deciduous twining stems; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae)

Bloomeria; genus Bloomeria (small genus of bulbous perennial herbs of southwestern United States and Mexico; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae)

Blandfordia; genus Blandfordia (small genus of tuberous Australian perennial herbs)

Bessera; genus Bessera (small genus of cormous perennials of Mexico; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae)

genus Aspidistra (genus of eastern Asiatic herbs; sometimes placed in the family Convallariaceae)

Asphodelus; genus Asphodelus (small genus of tall striking annuals or perennials with grasslike foliage and flowers in dense racemes or panicles; Mediterranean to Himalayas; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae)

genus Asparagus (large genus of Old World perennial herbs with erect or spreading or climbing stems and small scalelike leaves and inconspicuous flowers; sometimes placed in family Asparagaceae)

Aphyllanthes; genus Aphyllanthes (one species; small fibrous-rooted perennial with rushlike foliage and deep blue flowers; sometimes placed in its own family Aphyllanthaceae)

Anthericum; genus Anthericum (genus of Old World (mainly African) perennial herbs; sometimes placed in family Asphodelaceae)

Amianthum; genus Amianthum (one species: fly poison; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae)

genus Alstroemeria (genus of showy South American herbs with leafy stems; sometimes placed in family Alstroemeriaceae or in family Amaryllidaceae)

genus Kniphofia (genus of showy clump-forming African herbs with grasslike leaves; sometimes placed in family Aloeaceae)

genus Aloe (large genus of chiefly African liliaceous plants; in some systems placed in family Aloeaceae)

Allium; genus Allium (large genus of perennial and biennial pungent bulbous plants: garlic; leek; onion; chive; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae as the type genus)

Holonyms ("liliid monocot genus" is a member of...):

Liliidae; subclass Liliidae (one of four subclasses or superorders of Monocotyledones; comprises 17 families including: Liliaceae; Alliaceae; Amaryllidaceae; Iridaceae; Orchidaceae; Trilliaceae)