genus strelitzia

English Thesaurus

1. small genus of large perennial evergreen herbs having leaves resembling those of banana plants; sometimes placed in family Musaceae (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	liliopsid genus, monocot genus,
definition	:	genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	bird of paradise, strelitzia reginae,
definition	:	ornamental plant of tropical South Africa and South America having stalks of orange and purplish-blue flowers resembling a bird (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family strelitziaceae, strelitzia family, strelitziaceae,
definition	:	woody plants with erect stems of tropical South America and South Africa and Madagascar; in some classifications included in the family Musaceae (noun.plant)