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STRELITZIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of large perennial evergreen herbs having leaves resembling those of banana plants; sometimes placed in family Musaceae
Synonyms:
genus Strelitzia; Strelitzia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Strelitzia" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Strelitzia"):
bird of paradise; Strelitzia reginae (ornamental plant of tropical South Africa and South America having stalks of orange and purplish-blue flowers resembling a bird)
Holonyms ("Strelitzia" is a member of...):
family Strelitziaceae; strelitzia family; Strelitziaceae (woody plants with erect stems of tropical South America and South Africa and Madagascar; in some classifications included in the family Musaceae)
