Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of plants of the natural order Amaryllidaceæ, and the type of the tribe Hypoxideæ.
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- noun small plants that resemble amaryllis and that grow from a corm and bear flowers on a leafless stalk; sometimes classified as member of the family Amaryllidaceae: star grass
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The ingredients were initially extracted from the bulb of the hypoxis plant, commonly nwon as the "African potato".
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The researchers have since replaced the hypoxis-extract with chemically pure substances.
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