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    GENUS IXIA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceaeplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Ixia; Ixia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    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 lily-like 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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