STRELITZIA REGINAE

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Meaning:

Ornamental plant of tropical South Africa and South America having stalks of orange and purplish-blue flowers resembling a bird

Synonyms:

bird of paradise; Strelitzia reginae

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Strelitzia reginae" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("Strelitzia reginae" is a member of...):

genus Strelitzia; Strelitzia (small genus of large perennial evergreen herbs having leaves resembling those of banana plants; sometimes placed in family Musaceae)

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