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GENUS IXIA

• GENUS IXIA (noun)
The noun GENUS IXIA has 1 sense:

1. a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae

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

• GENUS IXIA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Ixia; Ixia

Hypernyms ("genus Ixia" 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 Ixia"):

corn lily (any of several South African plants of the genus Ixia having grasslike leaves and clusters of showy variously colored lilylike flowers; widely cultivated)

Holonyms ("genus Ixia" is a member of...):

family Iridaceae; Iridaceae; iris family (large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs)

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Useful links:
Definition of iris family
Definition of Iridaceae
Definition of liliid monocot genus
Pronunciation of corn lily
Definition of family Iridaceae

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