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    AMARYLLIS FAMILY

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Snowdrop; narcissus; daffodil; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceaeplay

    Synonyms:

    Amaryllidaceae; amaryllis family; family Amaryllidaceae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("amaryllis family" is a kind of...):

    liliid monocot family (family of monocotyledonous plants of the subclass Liliidae; mostly herbs usually with petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)

    Meronyms (members of "amaryllis family"):

    amaryllis (bulbous plant having showy white to reddish flowers)

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

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

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

    genus Hippeastrum (bulbous flowering plants of tropical America)

    genus Narcissus (Old World perennial bulbous herbs)

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

    Holonyms ("amaryllis family" is a member of...):

    Liliales; order Liliales (an order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae)

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