| NOUN | plant | Hypoxis, genus Hypoxis | small plants that resemble amaryllis and that grow from a corm and bear flowers on a leafless stalk |
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| Meaning | small plants that resemble amaryllis and that grow from a corm and bear flowers on a leafless stalk; sometimes classified as member of the family Amaryllidaceae: star grass. | |
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| Synonym | genus Hypoxis | |
| Member of | Hypoxidaceae, family Hypoxidaceae | In some classification systems included in the Amaryllidaceae |
| Members | star grass | Any plant of the genus Hypoxis having long grasslike leaves and yellow star-shaped flowers |
| Broader | liliid monocot genus | genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils |
| Spanish | genus hypoxis, hypoxis | |
| Catalan | genus hypoxis, hypoxis | |
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