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GENUS ORNITHOGALUM

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

1. sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae

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

• GENUS ORNITHOGALUM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Ornithogalum; Ornithogalum

Hypernyms ("genus Ornithogalum" 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 Ornithogalum"):

star-of-Bethlehem (any of several perennial plants of the genus Ornithogalum native to the Mediterranean and having star-shaped flowers)

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

family Liliaceae; Liliaceae; lily family (includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae)

"New broom sweeps clean."
(English proverb)
"The body builds up with work, the mind with studying."
(Albanian proverb)
"Whoever works, he will eat."
(Armenian proverb)
"He who puts off something will lose it."
(Corsican proverb)

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