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    GENUS SPARAXIS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Deciduous perennial herbs of South Africaplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Sparaxis; Sparaxis

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Sparaxis" 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 Sparaxis"):

    Sparaxis tricolor; wandflower (a showy often-cultivated plant with tawny yellow often purple-spotted flowers)

    Holonyms ("genus Sparaxis" 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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