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ARISAEMA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials
Synonyms:
Arisaema; genus Arisaema
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Arisaema" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Arisaema"):
Arisaema atrorubens; Arisaema triphyllum; Indian turnip; jack-in-the-pulpit; wake-robin (common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries)
Arisaema dracontium; green dragon (early spring-flowering plant of eastern North America resembling the related jack-in-the-pulpit but having digitate leaves, slender greenish yellow spathe and elongated spadix)
Holonyms ("Arisaema" is a member of...):
Araceae; arum family; family Araceae (anthurium; calla lily; jack-in-the-pulpit; philodendron)
