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    GENUS ANIGOZANTHUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Genus of monocotyledonous plants with curious woolly flowers on sturdy stems above a fan of sword-shaped leaves; includes kangaroo's paw and Australian sword lily; sometimes placed in family Amaryllidaceaeplay

    Synonyms:

    Anigozanthus; genus Anigozanthus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Anigozanthus" is a kind of...):

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

    Meronyms (members of "genus Anigozanthus"):

    Anigozanthus manglesii; Australian sword lily; kangaroo's-foot; kangaroo's paw; kangaroo-foot plant; kangaroo paw (sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs; Australia)

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

    bloodwort family; family Haemodoraceae; Haemodoraceae (some genera placed in family Liliaceae)

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