liliaceous plant
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1. plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | bulbous plant, |
| definition | : | plant growing from a bulb (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | lily, |
| definition | : | any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | agapanthus, lily of the nile, |
| definition | : | any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | albuca, |
| definition | : | any of various plants of the genus Albuca having large clusters of pale yellow flowers; South Africa (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | alliaceous plant, |
| definition | : | bulbous plants having a characteristic pungent onion odor (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | alstroemeria, |
| definition | : | any of various South American plants of the genus Alstroemeria valued for their handsome umbels of beautiful flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | amber lily, anthericum torreyi, |
| definition | : | plant having basal grasslike leaves and a narrow open cluster of starlike yellowish-orange flowers atop a leafless stalk; southwestern United States; only species of Anthericum growing in North America (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | asphodel, |
| definition | : | any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | brodiaea, |
| definition | : | any of several plants of the genus Brodiaea having basal grasslike leaves and globose flower heads on leafless stems resembling those of genus Allium (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | mariposa, mariposa lily, mariposa tulip, |
| definition | : | any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | fairy lantern, globe lily, |
| definition | : | any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having egg-shaped flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | cat's-ear, |
| definition | : | any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | calochortus nuttallii, sego lily, |
| definition | : | perennial plant having clusters of one to four showy white bell-shaped flowers atop erect unbranched stems; edible bulbs useful in times of scarcity; eastern Montana and western North Dakota south to northern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | avalanche lily, erythronium montanum, |
| definition | : | perennial herb having large white flowers marked with orange; found near the snow line in the northwestern United States (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | tulip, |
| definition | : | any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | day lily, daylily, |
| definition | : | any of numerous perennials having tuberous roots and long narrow bladelike leaves and usually yellow lily-like flowers that bloom for only a day (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | hyacinth, |
| definition | : | any of numerous bulbous perennial herbs (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | grape hyacinth, |
| definition | : | any of various early flowering spring hyacinths native to Eurasia having dense spikes of rounded blue flowers resembling bunches of small grapes (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | scilla, squill, |
| definition | : | an Old World plant of the genus Scilla having narrow basal leaves and pink or blue or white racemose flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | false asphodel, |
| definition | : | a plant of the genus Tofieldia having linear chiefly basal leaves and small spicate flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | bog asphodel, |
| definition | : | either of two herbaceous rushlike bog plants having small yellow flowers and grasslike leaves; north temperate regions (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | false hellebore, hellebore, |
| definition | : | perennial herbs of the lily family having thick toxic rhizomes (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | bear grass, squaw grass, xerophyllum tenax, |
| definition | : | plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | death camas, zigadene, |
| definition | : | any of various plants of the genus Zigadenus having glaucous leaves and terminal racemes of mostly white flowers; all are poisonous (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | trillium, wake-robin, wood lily, |
| definition | : | any liliaceous plant of the genus Trillium having a whorl of three leaves at the top of the stem with a single three-petaled flower (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | convallaria majalis, lily of the valley, may lily, |
| definition | : | low-growing perennial plant having usually two large oblong lanceolate leaves and a raceme of small fragrant nodding bell-shaped flowers followed by scarlet berries (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | clinton's lily, clintonia, |
| definition | : | any temperate liliaceous plant of the genus Clintonia having broad basal leaves and white or yellowish or purplish flowers followed by blue or black berries (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | lily turf, lilyturf, liriope muscari, |
| definition | : | Asiatic perennial tufted herb with grasslike evergreen foliage and clusters of dark mauve grapelike flowers; grown as ground cover (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | solomon's-seal, |
| definition | : | any of several plants of the genus Polygonatum having paired drooping yellowish-green flowers and a thick rootstock with scars shaped like Solomon's seal (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | family liliaceae, liliaceae, lily family, |
| definition | : | includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae (noun.plant) |
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