genus hypoxis

1. 1.

   small plants that resemble amaryllis and that grow from a corm and bear flowers on a leafless stalk; sometimes classified as member of the family Amaryllidaceae: star grass

   SynonymsHypoxis

   Broaderliliid monocot genus

   Part ofHypoxidaceae

Questions about genus hypoxis

What does genus hypoxis mean?

genus hypoxis means "small plants that resemble amaryllis and that grow from a corm and bear flowers on a leafless stalk; sometimes classified as member of the family Amaryllidaceae: star grass".

What is another word for genus hypoxis?

Close synonyms include Hypoxis. 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 hypoxis a common word?

genus hypoxis 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.