NOUN | plant | genus Brodiaea | genus of western United States bulbous plants with basal leaves and variously colored flowers |
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Meaning | genus of western United States bulbous plants with basal leaves and variously colored flowers; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae. | |
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Member of | Liliaceae, family Liliaceae, lily family | Includes species sometimes divided among the following families |
Members | brodiaea | Any of several plants of the genus Brodiaea having basal grasslike leaves and globose flower heads on leafless stems resembling those of genus Allium |
elegant brodiaea, Brodiaea elegans | brodiaea having an umbel of violet or blue-violet flowers atop a leafless stalk | |
Broader | liliid monocot genus | genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils |
Spanish | genus brodiaea | |
Catalan | genus brodiaea |
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