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Definition of Genus 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.
Generic synonyms: Liliid Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Hypoxidaceae, Hypoxidaceae
Member holonyms: Star Grass
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Hypoxis
Literary usage of Genus Hypoxis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1906)
"Ovules 1 to many. Fruit a capsule, rarely fleshy. Seeds Mack. Represented in our
flora by the genus Hypoxis. 1. HYPOXIS L. Syst. Ed. 10, 2: 986. 1759. ..."
2. Wochenschrift des Vereines zur Beförderung des Gartenbaues in den Königlich by Karl Heinrich Emil Koch, Verein zur Beförderung des Gartenbaues in den Königlich Preussischen Staaten (1868)
"Yon den zahlreichen Arten des genus Hypoxis, das im südlichen Afrika verbreitet
ist, haben sehr wenige Eingang in die Gärten gefunden. ..."
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