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AGAPANTHUS

• AGAPANTHUS (noun)
The noun AGAPANTHUS has 1 sense:

1. any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowers

Familiarity information: AGAPANTHUS used as a noun is very rare.

• AGAPANTHUS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

agapanthus; lily of the Nile

Hypernyms ("agapanthus" is a kind of...):

liliaceous plant (plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "agapanthus"):

African lily; African tulip; Agapanthus africanus; blue African lily (African plant with bright green evergreen leaves and umbels of many usually deep violet-blue flowers)

Holonyms ("agapanthus" is a member of...):

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

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Useful links:
Meaning of liliaceous plant
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Pronunciation of African tulip
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