genus bowiea

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   small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs with deciduous twining stems; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae

   SynonymsBowiea

   Broaderliliid monocot genus

   Part ofLiliaceae

Questions about genus bowiea

What does genus bowiea mean?

genus bowiea means "small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs with deciduous twining stems; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae".

What is another word for genus bowiea?

Close synonyms include Bowiea. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus bowiea a common word?

genus bowiea is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.