NOUN | plant | genus Hypoxis, 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 | 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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