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Burmannia

noun

type genus of the Burmanniaceae; slender herbs of warm regions with leaves resembling scales and flowers with a three-angled or three-winged perianth

• Syn: ↑genus Burmannia

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Burmanniaceae, ↑family Burmanniaceae

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\(ˌ)bərˈmanēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Johannes Burmann died 1779 Du. botanist + New Latin -ia

: a genus (the type of the family Burmanniaceae) of slender herbs native to warm regions and having leaves resembling scales and flowers with a 3-angled or 3-winged perianth

Useful english dictionary. 2012.