Useful english dictionary. 2012.
bulbous plant — noun plant growing from a bulb • Hypernyms: ↑vascular plant, ↑tracheophyte • Hyponyms: ↑iridaceous plant, ↑amaryllis, ↑blood lily, ↑narcissus, ↑liliaceous plant, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
blue-eyed grass — noun plant with grasslike foliage and delicate blue flowers • Hypernyms: ↑iridaceous plant • Member Holonyms: ↑Sisyrinchium, ↑genus Sisyrinchium * * * noun : a plant of the genus Sisyrinchium having grasslike foliage and delicate blue flowers … Useful english dictionary
sword lily — noun 1. plants with sword shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals • Syn: ↑iris, ↑flag, ↑fleur de lis • Hypernyms: ↑iridaceous plant • Hyponyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
iris family — noun large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs • Syn: ↑Iridaceae, ↑family Iridaceae • Derivationally related forms: ↑iridaceous (for: ↑Iridaceae) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
family Iridaceae — noun large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs • Syn: ↑Iridaceae, ↑iris family • Derivationally related forms: ↑iridaceous (for: ↑Iridaceae) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Iridaceae — noun large family of usually perennial geophytic herbs with rhizomes or corms or bulbs • Syn: ↑family Iridaceae, ↑iris family • Derivationally related forms: ↑iridaceous • Hypernyms: ↑liliid monocot family … Useful english dictionary
corn lily — noun any of several South African plants of the genus Ixia having grasslike leaves and clusters of showy variously colored lily like flowers; widely cultivated • Hypernyms: ↑iridaceous plant • Member Holonyms: ↑Ixia, ↑genus Ixia * * * noun 1 … Useful english dictionary
Bastard saffron — Saffron Saf fron (?; 277), n. [OE. saffran, F. safran; cf. It. zafferano, Sp. azafran, Pg. a[,c]afr[ a]o; all fr. Ar. & Per. za far[=a]n.] 1. (Bot.) A bulbous iridaceous plant ({Crocus sativus}) having blue flowers with large yellow stigmas. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Colchichum autumnale — Saffron Saf fron (?; 277), n. [OE. saffran, F. safran; cf. It. zafferano, Sp. azafran, Pg. a[,c]afr[ a]o; all fr. Ar. & Per. za far[=a]n.] 1. (Bot.) A bulbous iridaceous plant ({Crocus sativus}) having blue flowers with large yellow stigmas. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Crocus sativus — Saffron Saf fron (?; 277), n. [OE. saffran, F. safran; cf. It. zafferano, Sp. azafran, Pg. a[,c]afr[ a]o; all fr. Ar. & Per. za far[=a]n.] 1. (Bot.) A bulbous iridaceous plant ({Crocus sativus}) having blue flowers with large yellow stigmas. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
