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    HAEMANTHUS COCCINEUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Spectacular plant having large prostrate leaves barred in reddish-purple and flowers with a clump of long yellow stamens in a coral-red cup of fleshy bracts; South Africaplay

    Synonyms:

    Cape tulip; Haemanthus coccineus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Haemanthus coccineus" is a kind of...):

    blood lily (any of various deciduous or evergreen herbs of the genus Haemanthus; South Africa and Namibia)

    Holonyms ("Haemanthus coccineus" is a member of...):

    genus Haemanthus; Haemanthus (genus of African deciduous or evergreen bulbous herbs: blood lilies)

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