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    GENUS PARIS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Sometimes placed in subfamily Trilliaceaeplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Paris; Paris

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

    plant genus (a genus of plants)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Paris"):

    herb Paris; Paris quadrifolia (European herb with yellow-green flowers resembling and closely related to the trilliums; reputed to be poisonous)

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

    family Liliaceae; Liliaceae; lily family (includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae)

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