Ornithogalum

ornithogalum

(ˌɔːnɪˈθɒɡələm) n (Plants) any plant of the genus Ornithogalum

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Noun

Ornithogalum - sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceaegenus Ornithogalumliliid monocot genus - genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistilsfamily Liliaceae, Liliaceae, lily family - includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceaestar-of-Bethlehem - any of several perennial plants of the genus Ornithogalum native to the Mediterranean and having star-shaped flowers

Ornithogalum

(star-of-Bethlehem), a genus of bulbous plants of the family Liliaceae. The leaves are linear or lorate with a whitish midrib. The flowers are trimerous and in racemose or corymbose inflorescences. The fruit is a capsule. There are approximately 150 species of Ornilhogalum, distributed primarily in the temperate zone of the eastern hemisphere. The USSR has about 25 species. Many species are grown as ornamentals in the open ground (O. umbellatum, O. latifolium) and in greenhouses (O. caudatum, O. thyrsoides).

Ornithogalum

Related to Ornithogalum: Ornithogalum umbellatum, Ornithogalum thyrsoides

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Synonyms for Ornithogalum

noun sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae

Synonyms

genus Ornithogalum

Related Words

liliid monocot genus
family Liliaceae
Liliaceae
lily family
star-of-Bethlehem

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