ERYNGIUM AQUATICUM

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Meaning:

Coarse prickly perennial eryngo with aromatic roots; southeastern United States; often confused with rattlesnake master

Synonyms:

button snakeroot; Eryngium aquaticum

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Eryngium aquaticum" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("Eryngium aquaticum" is a member of...):

Eryngium; genus Eryngium (large genus of decorative plants with thistlelike flower heads; cosmopolitan in distribution)

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