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    LILY OF THE NILE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowersplay

    Synonyms:

    agapanthus; lily of the Nile

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("lily of the Nile" is a kind of...):

    liliaceous plant (plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lily of the Nile"):

    African lily; African tulip; Agapanthus africanus; blue African lily (African plant with bright green evergreen leaves and umbels of many usually deep violet-blue flowers)

    Holonyms ("lily of the Nile" is a member of...):

    genus Agapanthus (small genus of South African evergreen or deciduous plants; sometimes placed in the family or subfamily Alliaceae)

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