Definition of Hypoxis

1. Noun. 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.

Exact synonyms: Genus Hypoxis
Generic synonyms: Liliid Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Hypoxidaceae, Hypoxidaceae
Member holonyms: Star Grass

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypoxis

Hyperoodon ampullatus
Hyperstat
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Hyphantria
Hyphantria cunea
Hyphomyces destruens
Hypnos
Hypochaeris
Hypochaeris radicata
Hypochoeris
Hypocreaceae
Hypodermatidae
Hypopachus
Hypopitys
Hypoxidaceae
Hypoxis
Hypoxis hirsuta
Hypsiglena
Hypsiglena torquata
Hypsiprymnodon
Hypsiprymnodon moschatus
Hyracotherium
Hyrcanian
Hyrtl's anastomosis
Hyrtl's epitympanic recess
Hyrtl's foramen
Hyrtl's loop
Hyrtl's sphincter
Hyssopus
Hyssopus officinalis

Literary usage of Hypoxis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1811)
"Creeping hypoxis. Nat. of the Cape of Good Hope. Mr. Fr. Masson. In trod. 1774. ... Decumbent hypoxis. Nat. of Jamaica. Cult. 1755, by Mr. Ph. Miller. ..."

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