genus canna

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1. type and sole genus of the Cannaceae: perennial lily-like herbs of New World tropics (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	:	canna,
definition	:	any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	cannaceae, family cannaceae,
definition	:	coextensive with the genus Canna (noun.plant)