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    GENUS NOLINA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Perennial plants resembling yucca; found in southern United States and Mexicoplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Nolina; Nolina

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Nolina" 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 Nolina"):

    bear grass; Nolina microcarpa (stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers; southwestern United States and Mexico)

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

    Agavaceae; agave family; family Agavaceae; sisal family (chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae)

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