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Ixia

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n. Any of the genus Ixia of cormous plants native to South Africa.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A South African bulbous plant of the Iris family, remarkable for the brilliancy of its flowers.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. An extensive genus of Cape plants, of the natural order Iridaceæ, type of the tribe Ixieæ.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a monocotyledonous genus of the family Iridaceae

Word Usage

"From tufted masses of sword-like leaves shoot up the tall spires of the _yucca_, heavy with pendent flowers, of pallid hue, like the moon, and from the grass gleams the blue eye of the starry _ixia_."

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Words that are more generic or abstract

liliid monocot genus