genus crocus

English Thesaurus

1. a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	liliid monocot genus,
definition	:	genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	crocus,
definition	:	any of numerous low-growing plants of the genus Crocus having slender grasslike leaves and white or yellow or purple flowers; native chiefly to the Mediterranean region but widely cultivated (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family iridaceae, iridaceae, iris family,
definition	:	large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs (noun.plant)