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Hypoxis

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

• Syn: ↑genus Hypoxis

• Hypernyms: ↑liliid monocot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Hypoxidaceae, ↑family Hypoxidaceae

• Member Meronyms: ↑star grass

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\\hīˈpäksə̇s, hə̇ˈ-\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, irregular from hypo- + Greek oxys sharp — more at oxy-

: a genus of small scapose herbs (family Amaryllidaceae) having numerous hairy linear leaves from a corm or short rootstock and umbellate yellow flowers with 6-parted perianth — see star grass 1

Useful english dictionary. 2012.