genus commelina

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1. type genus of the Commelinaceae; large genus of herbs of branching or creeping habit: day flower; widow's tears (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	:	commelina,
definition	:	any plant of the genus Commelina (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	commelinaceae, family commelinaceae, spiderwort family,
definition	:	large widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderworts (noun.plant)