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Cordyline
Cordyline
See also: cordyline
Translingual
Proper noun
Cordyline f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Asparagaceae – tropical plants principally native to lands around the western Pacific, some species of which are used as ornamentals.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, monocots - clades; Asparagales - order; Asparagaceae - family; Lomandroideae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Cordyline cannifolia - type species; for other species see Cordyline at Tropicos.
cordyline
cordyline
See also: Cordyline
English
Noun
cordyline (plural cordylines)
- Any member of the genus Cordyline of woody monocotyledonous flowering plants, native to the western Pacific Ocean region.