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    GENUS BOMAREA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Large genus of tropical American vines having showy often spotted umbellate flowers; sometimes placed in family Liliaceae especially subfamily Alstroemeriaceaeplay

    Synonyms:

    Bomarea; genus Bomarea

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Bomarea" 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 Bomarea"):

    Bomarea edulis; salsilla (tropical vine having pink-and-yellow flowers spotted purple and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; West Indies to northern South America)

    Bomarea salsilla; salsilla (tropical vine having umbels of small purple flowers and edible roots sometimes boiled as a potato substitute; Colombia)

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

    Amaryllidaceae; amaryllis family; family Amaryllidaceae (snowdrop; narcissus; daffodil; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae)

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