The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bowiea \Bowiea\ n.
   a small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs
   with deciduous twining stems; sometimes placed in family
   Hyacinthaceae.

   Syn: genus Bowiea.
        [WordNet 1.5]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Bowiea
    n 1: small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs
         with deciduous twining stems; sometimes placed in family
         Hyacinthaceae [syn: Bowiea, genus Bowiea]