1. small genus of bulbous perennial herbs of southwestern United States and Mexico; sometimes placed in family Alliaceae; [syn: Bloomeria, genus Bloomeria]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
genus Bloomeria
n 1: small genus of bulbous perennial herbs of southwestern
United States and Mexico; sometimes placed in family
Alliaceae [syn: Bloomeria, genus Bloomeria]