Definition of Genus bowiea

1. Noun. Small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs with deciduous twining stems; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae.

Exact synonyms: Bowiea
Generic synonyms: Liliid Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Liliaceae, Liliaceae, Lily Family
Member holonyms: Bowiea Volubilis, Climbing Onion

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Bowiea

genus Bombus
genus Bombyx
genus Bonasa
genus Borago
genus Borrelia
genus Bos
genus Boselaphus
genus Boswellia
genus Botaurus
genus Bothrops
genus Botrychium
genus Bougainvillaea
genus Bougainvillea
genus Bouteloua
genus Bowiea
genus Boykinia
genus Brachinus
genus Brachychiton
genus Brachycome
genus Brachystegia
genus Bradypus
genus Brama
genus Branchiobdella
genus Branta
genus Brasenia
genus Brevoortia

Literary usage of Genus bowiea

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

1. 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 (1867)
"Das frühere genus bowiea ist Synonym von Aloe. Diese sonderbare Pflanze hat eine nur aus wenigen konzentrischen Schuppen bestehende Zwiebel von der Grosse ..."

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