HyperDic: genus_strelitzia

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Strelitzia:
NOUNplantgenus Strelitzia, Strelitziasmall genus of large perennial evergreen herbs having leaves resembling those of banana plants
English > genus Strelitzia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningsmall genus of large perennial evergreen herbs having leaves resembling those of banana plants; sometimes placed in family Musaceae.
SynonymStrelitzia
Member ofStrelitziaceae, family Strelitziaceae, strelitzia familywoody plants with erect stems of tropical South America and South Africa and Madagascar / Madagascar
Membersbird of paradise, Strelitzia reginaeOrnamental plant of tropical South Africa and South America having stalks of orange and purplish-blue flowers resembling a bird
Broadermonocot genus, liliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanishgenus strelitzia, strelitzia
Catalangenus strelitzia, strelitzia, Strelitzia

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