Library / English Dictionary

IXIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae

Synonyms:

genus Ixia; Ixia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Ixia" 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 "Ixia"):

corn lily (any of several South African plants of the genus Ixia having grasslike leaves and clusters of showy variously colored lily-like flowers; widely cultivated)

Holonyms ("Ixia" 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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