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GENUS URGINEA

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Meaning:

Mediterranean liliaceous plants; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae

Synonyms:

genus Urginea; Urginea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Urginea" 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 Urginea"):

sea onion; sea squill; squill; Urginea maritima (having dense spikes of small white flowers and yielding a bulb with medicinal properties)

Holonyms ("genus Urginea" 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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