bowiea

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Bowiea
    n 1: small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs
         with deciduous twining stems; sometimes placed in family
         Hyacinthaceae [syn: {Bowiea}, {genus Bowiea}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bowiea \Bowiea\ n.
   a small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs
   with deciduous twining stems; sometimes placed in family
   {Hyacinthaceae}.

   Syn: genus {Bowiea}.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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