HyperDic: genus_hypoxis

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Hypoxis:
NOUNplantgenus Hypoxis, Hypoxissmall plants that resemble amaryllis and that grow from a corm and bear flowers on a leafless stalk
English > genus Hypoxis: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningsmall 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.
SynonymHypoxis
Member ofHypoxidaceae, family HypoxidaceaeIn some classification systems included in the Amaryllidaceae
Membersstar grassAny plant of the genus Hypoxis having long grasslike leaves and yellow star-shaped flowers
Broaderliliid monocot genusgenus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils
Spanishgenus hypoxis, hypoxis
Catalangenus hypoxis, hypoxis

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